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<br /> (p.'t A-1 <br /> FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP means the official map on which the Federal <br /> Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated <br /> the areas of flood hazards. <br /> FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM) means the official map on which the Federal <br /> Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated <br /> both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the <br /> community. <br /> FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY means the official report provided by the Federal <br /> Insurance Administration that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate Map, the <br /> Flood Boundary and Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood. <br /> FLOODPLAIN or FLOOD-PRONE AREA means any land area susceptible to being <br /> inundated by water from any source (see definition of "flooding"). <br /> FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR is the position established to administer and enforce <br /> this Chapter. <br /> FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT means the operation of an overall program of corrective <br /> and preventive measures for reducing flood damage and preserving and enhancing, <br /> where possible, natural resources in the floodplain including, but not limited to, <br /> emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, floodplain management <br /> regulations, and open space plans. <br /> FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS means this Chapter and other zoning <br /> ordinances, subdivision ordinances and regulations, building codes, health regulations, <br /> special purpose ordinances (such as grading and erosion control) and other <br /> applications of police power which control development in flood-prone areas. This term <br /> describes federal, state or local statutes, ordinances and regulations in any combination <br /> thereof which provide standards for preventing and reducing flood loss and damage. <br /> FLOODPROOFING means any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, <br /> changes or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real <br /> estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their <br /> contents. <br /> FLOODW A Y means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land <br /> areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively <br /> increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot (1 ') (also referred to as the <br /> "Regulatory Floodway"). <br /> FLOODW A Y FRINGE is the area of the floodplain on either side of the "Regulatory <br /> Floodway" where encroachment may be permitted. <br /> Atty/Ord/Ord.223 <br /> 102704 5 <br /> -- T <br />