Hold PHearing Amending Kittitas County Code Ch. 14.08_Flood Damage Prevention

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cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one #tea designated height, Also referred to as "Regulatory Floodway." Functionally dependent use A use which cannot perform its intended purpose unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water. The term includes only docking facilities, port facilities that are necessarX for the loading and unloading of cargo or passengers, and ship building and ship repair facilities, and does not include long-term storage or related manufacturing facilities. Highest adjacent grade The highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure. Historic structure: Any structure that is: 1. Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register: 2. Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined bX the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district: 3. Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs which have been approved by the Secretary of Interior: or 4. Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified either: a) By an approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, or a}b)Directly by the Secreta of the Interior instates without approved programs. Lowest floor The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access, or storage in an area other than a basement area, 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 applicable non - elevation design requirements in KCC 14.08.250(2). Manufactured home A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle." Manufactured home park or subdivision A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale. Mean bca LCYCI For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the vertical datum to which Base Flood Elevations shown on a communi 's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced. New construction For the purposes of determining insurance rates. Sstructures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of this eFdo ante ^.dcf,edd in *piss chapt---nan initial Flood_ Insurance Rate Map or after December31 _1974, whichever is later. and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. For floodplain management purposes. "new construction" means structures for which the "start of construction"