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preparedness plans, flood control works, floodplain management regulations, and open <br /> space plans. <br /> (32) Floodplain management regulations means zoning ordinances,subdivision regulations, <br /> building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances (such as a floodplain <br /> ordinance, grading ordinance and erosion control ordinance), and other applications of <br /> police power which control development in flood-prone areas. The term describes such <br /> state or local regulations in any combination thereof, which provide standards for the <br /> purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction. <br /> (33) Floodproofing(dry floodproofing)is a method of protecting a structure that ensures that <br /> the structure, together with attendant utilities and sanitary facilities, is watertight to the <br /> floodproofed design elevation with walls that are substantially impermeable to the passage <br /> of water. All structural components of these walls are capable of resisting hydrostatic and <br /> hydrodynamic flood forces, including the effects of buoyancy, and anticipated debris <br /> impact forces. <br /> (34) Floodproofing certificate is a form used to certify compliance for non-residential <br /> structures as an alternative to elevating structures to or above the FPG. <br /> (35) Floodway is the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that <br /> must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulative increasing the <br /> water surface elevation more than a designated height. <br /> (36) Freeboard means a factor of safety, usually expressed in feet above the BFE, which is <br /> applied for the purposes of floodplain management. It is used to compensate for the many <br /> unknown factors that could contribute to flood heights greater than those calculated for <br /> the base flood. <br /> (37) Fringe or Flood Fringe is the portion of the floodplain lying outside the floodway. <br /> (38) Functionally dependent use means a use which cannot perform its intended purpose <br /> unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water. The term includes only <br /> docking facilities,port facilities that are necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo <br /> or passengers, and ship building and ship repair facilities,but does not include long-term <br /> storage or related manufacturing facilities. <br /> (39) Glacial stone means a rounded stone that satisfies each of the following: <br /> (a) Was produced by glacial activity. <br /> (b) No individual stone weighs more than one hundred twenty(120)pounds. <br /> (c) At least ninety percent (90%) of the material passes through a twelve (12) inch <br /> sieve. <br /> (d) Not more than ten percent(10%)of the material passes through a six(6)inch sieve. <br /> (40) Hardship(as related to variances of this ordinance) means the exceptional hardship that <br /> would result from a failure to grant the requested variance. The hardship must be <br /> exceptional,unusual, and peculiar to the property involved. Mere economic or fmancial <br /> hardship alone is NOT exceptional. Inconvenience, aesthetic considerations, physical <br /> handicaps, personal preferences, or the disapproval of one's neighbors likewise cannot, <br /> 7 <br />