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[(-)-43] "Existing manufactured home park or subdivision" means a manufactured <br />home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the <br />lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, <br />the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading <br />or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before May 5, 1982. <br />[(~-~] "Fill" is the placement of fill material at a specified location to bring the <br />ground surface up to a desired elevation. <br />[(~] "Fill material" can be natural sand, dirt, soil or rock. For the purposes of <br />floodplain management, fill material may include concrete, cement, soil cement, <br />brick, or similar material as approved on a case-by-case basis. <br />[(~-~] "Flood, flooding, or [#~eed-ivate~] floodwater" means (A) a general and <br />temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas <br />from (i) the overflow of inland or <tidal waters, (ii) the unusual and rapid <br />accumulation of runoff or surface waters from any source which are <br />approximately caused by flooding as defined in paragraph (A)(ii) of this <br />definition and are akin to a river of water on the surfaces of normally dry land <br />areas, as when earth is carried by a current of water and deposited along the path <br />of the current; and (B) the collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake <br />or other body of water as a result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or <br />currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels or suddenly caused by an <br />unusually high water level in a natural body of water, accompanied by a severe <br />storm, or by an unanticipated force of nature, such as flash flood or an abnormal <br />tidal surge, or by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event which results in <br />flooding as defined in paragraph (A)(i) of this definition. <br />[(~] "Flood elevation determination" means a determination by the Federal <br />Insurance Administrator of the water surface elevations of the base flood, that is, <br />the flood level that has a one percent or greater chance of occurrence in any given <br />year. <br />[(~-9)] "Flood elevation stud}' or "flood stud}' means an examination, <br />evaluation, and determination of flood hazards and, if appropriate, corresponding <br />water surface elevations, or an examination, evaluation, and determination of <br />flood-related erosion hazards. <br />[(28)] "Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)" means the official map on which the <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has <br />delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones <br />applicable to the community. <br />[(~] "Flood Insurance Study" means the official report provided by the Federal <br />Insurance Administration that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate <br />Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood. <br />[(~] "Floodplain or flood-prone area" means any land area susceptible to being <br />inundated by water from any source (see definition of "flooding"). <br />[(~] "Floodplain administrator" is the individual appointed to administer and <br />enforce the floodplain management regulations. This person shall be the director <br />of public works of the County of Hawaii or the director's duly authorized <br />representative. <br />5 <br />