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;r= ~ - <br /> "Base flood elevation (BFE)" means the water surface elevation of the base flood. <br /> e. , . <br /> "Breakaway walls" are any type of walls, whether solid or lattice, and whether <br /> constructed of concrete, masonry, wood, metal, plastic or any other suitable building <br /> <br /> material which is not part of the structural support of the building and which is designed <br /> to break away under abnormally high tides or wave action without causing any damage to <br /> the structural integrity of the building on which they are used or any buildings to which <br /> they might be carried by [n~] floodwaters. A breakaway wall shall have a safe <br /> design loading resistance of not less than ten and no more than twenty pounds per square <br /> foot. Use of breakaway walls must be certified by a [~egisteFed] licensed structural <br /> engineer or architect and shall meet the following conditions: (A) breakaway wall <br /> collapse shall result from a water load less than that which would occur during the base <br /> flood; and (B) the elevated portion of the building shall not incur any structural damage <br /> due to the effects of wind and water loads acting simultaneously in the event of the base <br /> flood. <br /> "Coastal high hazard area" -See "Zone V" and "Zone VE" <br /> f/1 M aa~.«: a: ,.,.1 e~ti.«..n e....~ :...F,.,.«~l ....,1 A:1., U..«F: F. ~l,t .....«w ,.F.. Fl <br /> L ,.~e,.a:,.« .....~e... ~1.,...a ...t,:..l, ?i.e {1 ,.,..7 ,.a~,,.~:,... ,:a~a 1.., ~l.e e..a:«o ...~~e.., <br /> ~~7777~~ e~ <br /> 3 <br /> -..~yi , v <br /> [(-1~] "Drainage facility" -See "Watercourse." <br /> "Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms designed for or containing or used as <br /> the complete facilities for the cooking, sleeping and living area of asingle-family only <br /> and occupied by no more than one family and containing a single kitchen. <br /> "Encroachment" means the advance or infiingement of uses, plant growth, fill, <br /> excavation, buildings, permanent structures, or development into a floodplain which may <br /> impede or alter the flow capacity of a floodplain. <br /> ~ ~ ate- : v <br /> ;n , <br /> ;rte _ <br /> , . <br /> . _ ~ ~ v <br /> "Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMAI" means the federal agency <br /> responsible for administering and enforcing federal floodplain management regulations. <br /> 6 <br /> <br />