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facilities, but does not include long-term storage or related manufacturing <br /> <br /> facilities. <br /> [(33)] "General floodplain" -See "Zone A." <br /> [(34j] "Hardship" as related to article 5, vaziances, of this chapter means the <br /> hazdship that would result from a failure to grant the requested variance. The <br /> director of public works requires that the variance be exceptional, unusual, and <br /> peculiaz to the property involved. Mere economic or financial hardship alone is <br /> not exceptional. Inconvenience, aesthetic considerations, physical handicaps, <br /> personal preferences, or the disapproval of one's neighbors likewise cannot, as a <br /> rule, qualify as exceptional hardships. All of these problems can be resolved <br /> <br /> through other means, without granting a variance. This is so even if the alternative <br /> <br /> means are more expensive or complicated than building with a variance, or if they <br /> require the property owner to put the parcel to a different use than originally <br /> intended, or to build elsewhere. <br /> [(33)] "Highest adjacent grade" means the highest natural elevation of the <br /> ground surface prior to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure. <br /> [{3~j] "Historic structure" means any structure that is: (A) listed individually in <br /> the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department <br /> of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting <br /> <br /> the requirements for individual listing on the National Register; (B) certified or <br /> <br /> preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the <br /> <br /> historical significance of a registered historic district or a district registered <br /> <br /> historic district; (C) individually listed on a State of Hawaii inventory of historic <br /> <br /> places[;] where the historic preservation program has been approved by the <br /> Secretary of the Interior; or (D) individually listed on a local inventory of historic <br /> <br /> places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been <br /> certified either: (i) by an approved State program as determined by the Secretary <br /> of the Interior, or (ii) directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states [with] <br /> <br /> without approved programs. <br /> [(3~] "Levee" means aman-made structure, usually an earthen embankment, <br /> designed and constructed in accordance with sound engineering practices to <br /> contain, control, or divert the flow of water so as to provide protection from <br /> <br /> temporary flooding. <br /> [(38j] "Levee system" means a flood protection system which consists of a <br /> levee, or levees, and associated structures, such as closure and drainage devices, <br /> <br /> which are constructed and operated in accord with sound engineering practices. <br /> [(39)J "Lowest floor" means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area <br /> (including basement). An unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, usable solely for <br /> <br /> parking of vehicles, building access, or storage in an area other than a basement <br /> area is not considered a building's lowest floor provided that such enclosure is not <br /> built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation <br /> design requirements of this chapter. <br /> [(49)] "Manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in one or more <br /> sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or <br /> without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term <br /> 7 <br /> <br />