Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1861--Adoption of the 2012 Land Development Code — reading text

boundaries and floodway delineations, and other planimetric features. 3. Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill ( LOMR -F): A determination that a structure or parcel of land has been elevated by £ ill above the base flood elevation and is, therefore, no longer located within the special flood hazard area. In order to qualify for this determination, the fill must have been permitted and placed in accordance with the City' s floodplain management regulations. 4. Conditional Letter of Map Revision ( CLOMR): A formal review and comment as to whether a proposed flood protection project or other project complies with the minimum NFIP requirements for such projects with respect to delineation of special flood hazard areas. A CLOMR does not revise the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map or Flood Insurance Study; upon Geaeral Pn, , ion, I- IS Pori I ualk 13ead, Land Development Code submission and approval of certified as -built documentation, a Letter of Map Revision may be issued by FEMA to revise the effective FIRM. Light -duty truck: As defined in 40 C.P.R. 86.082 -2, any motor vehicle rated at 8, 500 pounds Gross Vehicular Weight Rating or less which has a vehicular curb weight of 6, 000 pounds or less and which has a basic vehicle frontal area of 45 square feet or less, which is: 1. Designed primarily for purposes of transportation of property or is a derivation of such a vehicle, or 2. Designed primarily for transportation of persons and has a capacity of more than 12 persons; or 3. Available with special features enabling off -street or off -highway operation and use. Lowest floor: The floor of the lowest enclosed area of a building or structure, including basement, but excluding any unfinished or flood -resistant enclosure, usable solely for vehicle parking, building access or limited storage provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the Florida Building Code or ASCE 24. [ Also defined in ABC, B, Section 1612. 2.] Manufactured home: A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is eight ( 8) feet or more in width and greater than 400 square feet, and which is built on a permanent, integral chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term " manufactured home" does not include a ' recreational vehicle" or " park trailer." [ Also defined in 15C- 1. 0101, F. A. C.] Manufactured home park or subdivision: A parcel ( or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two ( 2) or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale. Market value: The price at which a property will change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither party being under compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts. As used herein, the term refers to the market value of buildings and structures, excluding the land and other improvements on the parcel. Market value may be established by a qualified independent appraiser, Actual Cash Value ( replacement cost depreciated for age and quality of construction), or tax assessment value adjusted to approximate market value by a factor provided by the Property Appraiser. New construction: For the purposes of administration of Section 3. 0 1. 00 and the Florida Building Code, structures for which the " start of construction' commenced on or after July 27, 1976, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. New manufactured home park or subdivision: A manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed ( including at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after July 27, 1976. cn al Vrocisions Vfg, 1 - 16 I,, I AAaht, n Bawii lode Nonresidential: Any building or structure or portion thereof that is not classified residential in accordance with the Florida Building Code, Building ( Residential Group R or Institutional Group 1) and ASCE 24. tAlso see definition in ASCE 24. 1 Park trailer: A transportable unit which has a body width not exceeding fourteen 14) feet and which is built on a single chassis and is designed to provide seasonal or temporary living quarters when connected to utilities necessary for operation of installed fixtures and appliances. [ Defined in 15C- 1. 0101, F.A. C.] Recreational vehicle: A vehicle, including a park trailer, which is: [ Defined in section 320. 01( b), F.S.) 1. Built on a single chassis; 2. Four hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; 3. Designed to be self- propelled or permanently towable by a light -duty truck; and 4. Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. Sand dunes: Naturally occurring accumulations of sand in ridges or mounds landward of the beach. Special flood hazard area: An area in the floodplain subject to a one ( 1) percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. Special flood hazard areas are shown on FIRMS as Zone A, AO, Al -A30, AE, A99, AH, VI- V30, VE or V. The term also includes areas shown on other flood hazard maps, if such maps are adopted by the City of Fort Walton Beach or otherwise legally designated. [ Also defined in FBC, B Section 1612.2.] Start of construction: The date of issuance for new construction and substantial improvements to existing structures, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, placement, or other improvement is within 180 days of the date of the issuance. The actual start of construction means either the first placement of permanent construction of a building ( including a manufactured home) on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns. Permanent construction does not include land preparation ( such as clearing, grading, or filling), the installation of streets or walkways, excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations, the erection of temporary forms or the installation of accessory buildings such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main buildings. For a substantial improvement, the actual " start of construction' means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building. [ Also defined in FBC, B Section 1612.2.] Substantial damage: Damage of any origin sustained by a building or structure whereby the cost of restoring the building or structure to its before -damaged condition would equal or exceed fifty (50) percent of the market value of the building or structure before the damage occurred. [ Also defined in FBC, B Section 1612. 2.1 Genes{ Pru +i =(run page I - 17 Fort o alf.. , Ii, ad, 1, nd 1)... 1opnu nt ( -ode Substantial improvement: Any repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a building or structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty 50) percent of the market value of the building or structure before the improvement or repair is started. If the structure has incurred " substantial damage," any repairs are considered substantial improvement regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either: [ Also defined in ABC, B, Section 1612. 2.1 1. Any project for improvement of a building required to correct existing health, sanitary, or safety code violations identified by the building official and that are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions. 2. Any alteration of a historic structure provided the alteration will not preclude the structure' s continued designation as a historic structure and the alteration is approved by variance issued pursuant to variance requirements set forth in Chapter 8. Variance: A grant of relief from the requirements of Section 3. 01. 00, or the flood load and flood resistant construction requirements of the Florida Building Code, which permits construction in a manner that would not otherwise be permitted by this LDC or the Florida Building Code. Watercourse: A river, creek, stream, channel, or other topographic feature in, on, through, or over which water flows at least periodically. Floor: The top surface of an enclosed area in a building ( including basement), i. e. top of slab in concrete slab construction or top of wood flooring in wood frame construction. The term does not include the floor of a garage used solely for parking vehicles. Floor area ratio ( FAR): A measurement of the intensity of development on a site. The floor area ratio is the relationship between the total floor area of all buildings on a site and the gross site area. The FAR is calculated by adding together the floor areas of all floors except mechanical areas and dividing this total by the gross site area. FAR = Total building floor area divided by total lot area. Frontage: The length of the property line of any one ( 1) premises parallel to and along a public right -of -way, excluding alleyways. o'M Grade: The established average level of ground exclusive of mounds and berms.