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Chapter-10 Appendix <br /> §27-12 MW:AI't COUNTY CODE <br /> "New manufactured home park or subdivision"means a manufactured home park or subdivision <br /> for which the construction of facilities f'or servicing the lots on which the manufactured(tomes are to he <br /> affixed(including at a minimum.the installation of utilities,the construction of streets,and either final <br /> site grrading or the pouring of concrete pads)is completed on or after May 5,1982. <br /> "Obstruction"includes but is not funned to any darn.wall, wharf;embankment,levee,dike,(rile. <br /> abutment,protection,excavation,channcfization,bridge_conduit,culvert,building,wire.fence, rock, <br /> gravel,refuse, fill, structure, vegetation, or other material in, along, across. or projecting into any <br /> walemourse which may alter,impede, retard, or change the direction and/or velocity of the flow of <br /> water,or due to its location,its propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of water or its <br /> likelihood of being carried downstream- <br /> "Ono-hundred-year flood" means a flood which has a one pet"nt annual probability of being <br /> equaled or exceeded.11 is identical to the"base flood," <br /> "Ono-hundred-year floodplain" means any area of land susceptible to being inundated by water <br /> from any source generated by the one-hundred-year flood. <br /> `Primary frontal dune" means a continuous or nearly continuous mound or ridge of sand with <br /> relatively steep seaward and landward slopes immediately landward and adjacent to the beach and <br /> subject to crnsion and overtopping from high tides and waves during major coastal storms.The inland <br /> limit of the primary frontal dune occurs at the point where there is a distinct change from a relatively <br /> mild slope. <br /> "Principal structure"means a structure used for the principal use of the property as distinguished <br /> from an accessory use. <br /> "Recreational vchield"means a vehicle which is: <br /> (1) Bud on a single chassis: <br /> (2) Pour hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; <br /> (3) Designed to be self-propelled or permanently lovable by a light duty truck:and <br /> (4) Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters <br /> forrecrcadonal,camping,travel,or seasonal use. <br /> "Regulatory floodway"means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land <br /> areas flint must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the <br /> water surface elevation. <br /> "Repetitive loss structure-means home or business that was damaged by flood two times in the <br /> past ten vears, where the cost of fully repairing the flood damage to the building, on Cite average, <br /> equaled or exceeded hventy-five percent of its market value at the time of each flood. <br /> "Riverine" means relating to, formed by, or resembling a aver(including tributaries), stream, <br /> brook,etc. <br /> "Sand dunes"means naturally occurring accumulations of sand in ridges or mounds landward of <br /> the beach. <br /> "Sheer flow aura"-Sec••arcs of shallow Ilooding." <br /> "Special flood hazard area"means an area having special flood or flood-related erosion hazards. <br /> and shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps as Zones A,AO,AE,A99,AK VF or V. <br /> "Start of construction"includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development and <br /> means the dale the building permit was issued, provided the act" start of construction. repair, <br /> reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, placement, or other improvement was within one hundred- <br /> eighty days from the date of the permit.'The actual start means either rite foal placement of permanent <br /> construction of a structure on a site,such as the pouting of slab or footings.the installation of piles,the <br /> construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement oh a <br /> SUPP 5 (1-2008) 27-8 <br /> 1 OA-10 Hawaii County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />