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"Special flood hazard area" means an area having special flood, mudslide
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<br /> (i.e. mudflow) and/or flood-related erosion hazards, and shown on the Flood
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<br /> Insurance Rate Maps as Zones A, AO, AE, A99, AH, VE or V.
<br /> "State" means the State of Hawaii.
<br /> "Start of construction" includes substantial improvement and other
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<br /> proposed new development and means the date the building permit was issued,
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<br /> provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation,
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<br /> addition, placement, or other improvement was within one hundred-eighty days
<br /> from the date of the permit. The actual start means either the first placement of
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<br /> permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or
<br /> footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work
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<br /> beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a
<br /> foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as
<br /> clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or
<br /> walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or
<br /> foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation
<br /> on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as
<br /> dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement,
<br /> the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor,
<br /> or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the
<br /> external dimensions of the building.
<br /> [(~8j] "Structure" means a walled and roofed building, including a gas or liquid
<br /> storage tank, that is principally above ground, as well as a manufactured home.
<br /> [(39~] "Substantial damage" means damage of any origin sustained by a structure
<br /> whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would
<br /> equal or exceed fifty percent of the market value of the structure before the
<br /> damage occurred.
<br /> [(g9j] "Substantial improvement." For the purposes of this chapter, the
<br /> determination of whether any improvements constitute substantial improvements
<br /> is applicable only to structures built prior to May 5, 1982 or buildings constructed
<br /> after May 5, 1982 which were not within a special flood hazard area at the time of
<br /> issuing the building permit. "Substantial improvement" means any repair,
<br /> reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other proposed new development of a
<br /> structure, the cost of which is determined and certified by a contractor, en ig Weer,
<br /> or architect licensed by the State, and which equals or exceeds fifty percent of the
<br /> market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the
<br /> improvement which shall be the sum of all costs of all such work performed in the
<br /> previous [three] ten years including the cost of the current work being considered.
<br /> This term includes structures which have incurred "substantial damage,"
<br /> regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however,
<br /> include either (A) any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing
<br /> violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which
<br /> have been identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the
<br /> minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; or (B) any alteration of a
<br /> "historic structure," provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's
<br /> continued designation as a "historic structure."
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