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<br />pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of the first flood <br />plain management regulations adopted by a community (i.e., a specific date). <br /> <br />Expansion to an Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision shall mean the <br />preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots <br />on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of <br />utilities, the construction of streets and either final site grading or the pouring of <br />concrete pads). <br /> <br />Flood or Flooding shall mean a general and temporary condition of partial or <br />complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland or tidal <br />waters and/or the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from <br />any source. <br /> <br />Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) shall mean an official map of a community, <br />issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where the <br />boundaries of the areas of special flood hazard have been defined as Zone A. <br /> <br />Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) shall mean an official map of a community, on <br />which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has delineated the areas of <br />special flood hazard an/or risk premium zones applicable to the community. <br /> <br />Flood Insurance Study shall mean the official report provided by the Federal <br />Emergency Management Agency. The report contains flood profiles, as well as the <br />Flood Boundary Floodway Map and the water surface elevation of base flood. <br /> <br />Flood Plain shall mean any land area susceptible to flooding. <br /> <br />Floodway shall mean the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent <br />land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without <br />cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height. <br /> <br />Functionally Dependent Facility shall mean a facility which cannot be used for its <br />intended purpose unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water, such <br />as a docking or port facility necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo or <br />passengers, shipbuilding, or ship repair. The term does not include long-term <br />storage, manufacturing, sales or service facilities. <br /> <br />Highest Adjacent Grade shall mean the highest natural elevation of the ground <br />surface, prior to construction, next to the proposed foundation walls of a building. <br /> <br />Historic Structures shall mean any structure that is: <br /> <br />a. Listed individually in the National Register of <br />Historic Places (a listing maintained by the <br /> <br />Flood Damage Prevention <br /> <br />-5- <br />