07-1221 Amending Chapter 46, Floods

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Floodway means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot. For the purpose of this ordinance, this term is synonymous with regulatory floodway. Functionally dependent facility means a facility which cannot be used for its intended purpose unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water, such as a docking or port facility necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo or passengers, or shipbuilding, ship repair or seafood processing facilities. The term does not include long -term storage, manufacture, sales or service facilities. Hardship as related to variances from this ordinance means the exceptional hardship __........_-___ - associated with the land that would result from a failure to grant the requested variance The community requires that the variance is exceptional, unusual, and peculiar to the property involved. Mere economic or financial hardship alone is not exceptional. Inconvenience, aesthetic considerations, physical handicaps, personal preferences, or the disapproval of one's neighbors likewise cannot, as a rule. qualify as an exceptional hardship. All of these problems can be resolved through other means without granting a variance, even if the alternative is more expensive, or requires the property owner to build elsewhere or put the parcel to a different use than originally intended. Highest adjacent grade means the highest natural elevation of the ground surface, prior to construction, next to the proposed walls of a building structure. Lowest floor means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (includina basement). An unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, used solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the non- elevation design standards of this ordinance. Manufactured home means a building transportable in one or more sections which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. The term also includes park trailers, travel trailers and similar transportable structures placed on a site for 180 consecutive days or longer, intended to be improved property. NA VD 1988 — see North American Vertical Datum (NA VD) of 1988. 5