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cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than 9ne feetdesignated height. <br />Also referred to as "Re ulato Floodwa . <br />Functionally del2endent use <br />A use which cannot perform its intended purpose unless it is located or carried out in close <br />proximily to water. The term includes only docking facilities ort facilities that are necessa <br />for the loading and unloading of caro or passengers, and ship building and ship re air <br />facilities and does not include Iona -term storage or related manufacturing facilities. <br />Highest adjacent grade <br />The hi hest natural elevation of the ground surface l2rior to construction next to the proposed <br />walls of a structure. <br />Historic structure: Any structure that is: <br />1. Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places fa listing maintained by the <br />Department of Interior or preliminarily determined by the Secreta of the Interior as meeting <br />the requirements for individual listing on the National Register: <br />2. Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secreta of the Interior as contributing to the <br />historical si nificance of a re istered historic district or a district preliminarily determined b <br />the Secreta to qualify as a registered historic district,• <br />3. Individually listed on a state invento of historic places in states with historic preservation <br />,programs which have been -approved by the Secretary of Interior: or <br />4. Individually listed on a local invento of historic places in communities with historic <br />preservation programs that have been certified either: <br />a By an approved state program as determined by the Secreta of the Interior, or <br />a),b)[Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without al2l2rove"rog rams. <br />Lowest floor <br />The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood <br />resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles. building access, r storage in an <br />area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided that <br />such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable non - <br />elevation design requirements in KCC 14.08.250(2). <br />Manufactured home <br />A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and <br />is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required <br />utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle." <br />Manufactured home park or subdivision <br />A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots <br />for rent or sale. <br />Mean Sea Level <br />For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the vertical datum to which Base <br />Flood Elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced <br />New construction <br />For the purposes of determining insurance rates. structures for which the "start of <br />construction" commenced on or after the effective date of this eFdinanee Eediiied i- *w:� <br />eha an initial Flood Insurance Rate Map or after December 31. 1974, whichever is later, <br />and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. For floodplain management <br />purposes, "new construction" means structures for which the "start of construction" <br />