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"Engineering Construction Permit" shall mean a permit issued by the City Engineer or designee prior to the construction of any public improvements on public or private property. "Excavation" shall mean removal or recovery by any means whatsoever of soil, rock, minerals, mineral substances or organic substances other than vegetation from water or land on or beneath the surface therefore or beneath the land surface whether exposed or submerged. "Exceptional Hardship" shall mean a burden on a property owner that substantially differs in kind or magnitude from the burden imposed on other similarly situated property owners in the same land use district as a resuh of adoption of these LDRs. "FAA" shall mean the Federal Aviation Administration. "Fence" shall mean an artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose, screen, or separate areas. "Finished Elevation" shall mean the proposed elevation of the land surface of a site after completion of all site preparation work. "Fire Code" shall mean the Florida Building Code and other codes adopted by the City for the prevention or control offires. "Flood or Flooding" shall mean a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of tidal waters or the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any surface. "Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)" shall mean the official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and the risk premium zones applicable. " Floodplain" shall have the same meaning as Area of special flood hazard. "Flood-proofing" shall mean a combination of structural and/or non-structural additions, changes, or adjustments to properties or structures subject to flooding which will City of Sunny Isles Beach-Land Development Regulations Adopted December 10,2002 CHAPTER 1- Definitions & Rules ofConstructioD 100-11