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_ . <br /> Pete Hoffmann, Chair and <br /> Members of the Hawaii County Council <br /> October 29, 2007 <br /> Page 3 <br /> Page 4 27-12 "Buffer zones" are areas bordering and within <br /> Def "Buffer zones" 50 feet of special flood hazard areas with base flood <br /> elevations depth numbers specified in feet on the FIRM <br /> or other areas that have been studied and identified <br /> with base flood elevations or depth numbers. <br /> <br /> Page 4 27-12 [[(-1-0)] 'k• 1 ~--4__-" _ ^kn...-..1 n..d ..nndily <br /> c........ - - __o <br /> <br /> Def "Critical feature. " <br /> Page 5 27-12 "Flood, flooding, or [~'"xxvod~i$tc°i] floodwater" <br /> "Flood, flooding, or means_ <br /> floodwater" ~ [e] A general and temporary condition of <br /> partial or complete inundation of normally dry <br /> land areas from: <br /> [~ij] ~ [the] The overflow of inland or tidal <br /> waters[,] ~ <br /> [(-iii] ~ [the] The unusual and rapid <br /> accumulation of runoff or surface <br /> waters from any source which are <br /> approximately caused by flooding as <br /> defined in paragraph (A)(ii) of this <br /> definition and are akin to a river of <br /> water on the surfaces of normally dry <br /> land areas, as when earth is carried <br /> by a current of water and deposited <br /> along the path of the current; and <br /> ~ [the] The collapse or subsidence of land along <br /> the shore of a lake or other body of water as a <br /> result of erosion or undermining caused by <br /> waves or currents of water exceeding <br /> anticipated cyclical levels or suddenly caused by <br /> an unusually high water level in a natural body <br /> of water, accompanied by a severe storm, or by <br /> an unanticipated force of nature, such as flash <br /> flood or an abnormal tidal surge, or by some <br /> similarly unusual and unforeseeable event <br /> which results in flooding as defined in <br /> paragraph Ate- f 1lfAl of this definition. <br /> Page 5 27-12 [(1-5)] "Flood elevation determination" means a <br /> def "Flood elevation determination by the Federal [ ] <br /> determination" Emergency Management Agency of the water surface <br /> <br />