11-23-15 Agenda, Packet & Committee Meeting Notice

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(6) Base Flood means the flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. (7) Base Flood Elevation (BFE)means the elevation of the one-percent annual chance flood. (8) Basement means that portion of a structure having its floor sub-grade (below ground level) on all sides. (9) Boundary River means the part of the Ohio River that forms the boundary between Kentucky and Indiana. (10) Boundary River Floodway means the floodway of a boundary river. (11) Building-see "Structure." (12) Community means a political entity that has the authority to adopt and enforce floodplain ordinances for the area under its jurisdiction. (13) Community Rating System (CRS)means a program developed by the Federal Insurance Administration to provide incentives for those communities in the Regular Program that have gone beyond the minimum floodplain management requirements to develop extra measures to provide protection from flooding. (14) Critical facility means a facility for which even a slight chance of flooding might be too great. Critical facilities include, but are not limited to, schools, nursing homes, hospitals,police, fire, and emergency response installations, installations which produce, use or store hazardous materials or hazardous waste. (15) 1)Zone means unstudied areas where flood hazards are undetermined, but flooding is possible. Flood insurance is available in participating communities but is not required by regulation in this zone. (16) Development means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate including but not limited to: (A) construction,reconstruction,or placement of a structure or any addition to a structure; (B) installing a manufactured home on a site,preparing a site for a manufactured home or installing a recreational vehicle on a site for more than 180 days; (C) installing utilities, erection of walls and fences, construction of roads, or similar projects;