Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 10-14-03 regular Council agenda — reading text

elevation of the base flood. map 112 113 shall the channel of a river or other Floodway mean that must be reserved in 114 watercourse and adjacent land the areas 115 order to discharge the base flood wi thout cumulatively the water surface elevation more than one foot. 116 increasing 117 118 Floor shall mean the top surface of an enclosed area in a basement), i. e. top of slab in concrete slab 119 building ( including 120 construction or top of wood flooring in wood frame construction. 121 The term does not include the floor of a garage used solely for 122 parking vehicles. 123 124 Functionally dependent facility shall mean a facility 125 which cannot be used for its intended purpose unless it is 126 located or carried out in close imi ty to pro}{ water, such a facility is for the loading and 127 docking or port necessary 128 unloading of cargo or passengers, shipbuilding, ship repair or 129 seafood processing facilities. The term does not include long 130 term storage, manufacture, sales or service facilities. 131 natural 132 Highway adjacent grade shall mean the highest next to 133 elevation of the ground surface, prior to construction, 34 the proposed walls of a structure. 135 136 Lowest floor shall mean the lowest floor of the lowest basement). An unfinished or flood 137 enclosed area ( including 138 resistant enclosure, usable solely for the parking of vehicles, in area other than a base area is 139 building access or storage an considered lowest floor; provided, that such 140 not a building' s 141 enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in 142 violation of the applicable non- elevation design requirements. 143 144 Manufactured home shall mean a structure, transportable in 145 one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and 146 designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation when 147 connected to the required utilities. The park term also includes 148 trailers, travel trailers and transportable structures similar 149 placed on a site for 180 consecutive days or longer and intended 150 to be improved property. 151 152 Mean sea level shall mean the average height of the sea 153 for all of the tide. It is used as a reference for stages various elevations within the floodplain. For 154 establishing 155 of this article, the term is synonymous with national purposes 156 geodetic vertical datum ( NGVD). 157 National vertical datum ( NGVD) ( as corrected in 58 geodetic 159 1929) shall mean a vertical control used as a reference for 160 establishing varying elevation within the floodplain. 30f5  ORDl 571.Draft 100603 161 New construction shall mean structures for which the 52 163 start of construction" commenced on or after October 8, 1991. 164 of 165 Sand dunes shall mean naturally occurring accumulations mounds landward of the beach. 166 sand ridges or 167 168 Start of construction ( for other than new construction or substantial under the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 169 improvements 170 P. L. 97- 348)), shall include substantial improvement, and means actual 171 the date the permit was issued, provided the building 172 start of repair, reconstruction or improvement was construction, 173 within 189 days of the permit date. The actual start means the of construction of a structure 174 first placement permanent 175 including a manufactured home) on a site, such as the pouring 176 of slabs or footing, installation of piles, construction of 177 columns or any work beyond the stage of excavation or the 178 of manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent placement a 179 construction does not include land preparation, such as does it include the 180 clearing, grading and filling; nor 181 installation of streets and/ or walkways; nor does it include foundations or the 182 excavation for a basement, footings, piers or erection of forms; nor does it include the 183 temporary accessory buildings, such as 184 installation on the property of dwelling units or not part of 185 garages or sheds not occupied as t86 the main structure. 87 l88 Structure shall mean a walled and roofed building that is 189 principally above ground, a manufactured home, a gas or liquid other manmade facilities or infrastructures. 190 storage tank or 191 192 Substantial improvement shall mean any repair, 193 reconstruction, improvement to a structure, the alteration or 194 cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value 195 of the structure, either before the repair or improvement is 196 started, or if the structure has been damaged and is being before the occurred. For thepurposes of this 197 restored damage 198 definition, " substantial improvement" is considered to occur 199 when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other whether or not that 200 structural part of the building commences, alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The 201 202 term does not, any project however, include forimprovement of a 203 structure required to comply with existing health, sanitary or to ensure 204 safety code specifications which are solely necessary 205 safe living conditions. 206 of