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handicaps, personal preferences, or the disapproval of one's neighbors likewise cannot, as a rule, qualify as an
exceptional hardship. All these problems can be resolved through other means without granting a variance, even if the
alternative is more expensive, or requires the property owner to build elsewhere or put the parcel to a different use than
originally intended.
"Highest adjacent grade" means the highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior to construction next to
the proposed walls of a structure.
"Historic structure" means any structure that is:
1. Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department of the
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 by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;
3. Individually listed on a State Inventory of Historic Places in states with historic preservation pro-grams which
have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; or
4. Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs
that have been certified either by an approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior or directly by
the Secretary of the Interior.
"Levee" means a man made structure, usually an earthen embankment, designed and constructed in accordance
with sound engineering practices to contain, control or divert the flow of water so as to provide protection form
temporary flooding.
"Levee system" means a flood protection system which consists of a levee, or levees, and associated structures, such
as closure and drainage devices, which are constructed and operated in accord with sound engineering practices.
"Lowest floor" means the lowest floor or 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 nonelevation design requirements of this chapter.
"Manufactured home" means 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 connected to the required utilities. For
floodplain management purposes, the term "manufactured home" also includes park trailers, travel trailers and other
similar vehicles placed on a site for greater than one hundred eighty consecutive days but excludes recreational vehicles
licensed and ready for highway use.
"Manufactured home park and subdivision" means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or
more manufactured home lots for sale or rent.
"Mean sea level" means, for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Geodetic Vertical
Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown as on the community's Flood Insurance Rate
Map are referenced.
"Mudslide" (i.e., mudflow) describes a condition where there is a river, flow or inundation of liquid mud down a
hillside, usually as a result of a dual condition of loss of brush cover and the subsequent accumulation of water on the
ground, preceded by a period of unusually heavy or sustained rain.
"Mudslide (i.e. mudflow) prone area" means an area with land surfaces and slopes of unconsolidated material where
the history, geology, and climate indicate a potential for mudflow.
"New construction" means, for floodplain management purposes, structures for which the start of construction
commenced on or after the effective date of a floodplain management regulation adopted by the county, and includes
any subsequent improvements to such structures.
"New manufactured home park or subdivision" means a manufactured home park or subdivisions for which the
construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including at a minimum,
the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is
completed on or after the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by the county.
"Obstruction" includes, but is not limited to, any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment,
projection, excavation, channelization, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, structure, vegetation
or other material in, along, across or projecting into any watercourse which may alter, impede, retard or change the
direction and/or velocity of the flow of water, or due to its location, its propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of
water, or its likelihood of being carried downstream.
"One-hundred-year flood"—see base flood.
"Person" means an individual or his agent, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent of the
aforementioned groups, or this state or its agencies or political subdivisions.
"Principal structure" means a structure used for the principal use of the property, as distinguished from an accessory use.
"Public safety and nuisance" as related to Article IV, Variance Procedure, means that the granting of a variance must
not result in anything which is injurious to safety or health of an entire community or neighborhood, or any
considerable number of persons, or unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any navigable lake,
or river, bay, stream, canal, or basin.
"Ready for highway use" means that a recreational vehicle is on its wheels or jacking system, is attached to the site
only by quick disconnect-type utilities and security devices, and has no permanently attached additions.
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