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[N ~I-}~ "Existing manufactured home park or subdivision" means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes aze 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 before May 5, 1982. [(-t-~}] "Fill" is the placement of fill material at a specified location to bring the ground surface up to a desired elevation. IFi)] "Fill material" can be natural sand, dirt, soil or rock. For the purposes of floodplain management, fill material may include concrete, cement, soil cement, brick, or similaz material as approved on a case-by-case basis. [(d-~] "Flood, flooding, or [f'~~,~n~] tlood~ater" means (A) a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from (i) the overflow of inland or tidal waters, (ii) the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff or surface waters from any source which are approximately caused by flooding as defined in paragraph (A)(ii) of this defimition and aze akin to a river of water on the surfaces of normally dry land areas, as when earth is tamed by a current of water and deposited along the path of the current; and (B) the collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other body of water as a result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels or suddenly caused by an unusually high water level in a natural body of water, accompanied by a severe storm, or by an unanticipated force of nature, such as flash flood or an abnormal tidal surge, or by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event which results in flooding as defined in paragraph (A)(i) of this definition. [(-1-8}] "Flood elevation determination" means a determination by the Federal Insurance Administrator of the water surface elevations of the base flood, that is, the flood level that has a one percent or greater chance of occurrence in any given yeaz. [(-1~] "Flood elevation study" or "flood study" means an examination, evaluation, and determination of flood hazards and, if appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations, or an examination, evaluation, and detemunation of flood-related erosion hazards. [{?{tj] "Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)" means the official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the community. "Flood Insurance Study" means the official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood. [(?2-i] "Floodplain or flood-prone area" means any land azea susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of "flooding"). [(-23)] "Floodplain administrator" is the individual appointed to administer and enforce the floodplain management regulafions. This person shall be the director of public works of the County of Hawaii or the director's duly authorized representative. 5