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4 � <br /> 4 � <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> City of Decatur Zoning Ordinance <br /> June 2, 2011 <br /> ACT: When r-efeffing to maRers of floodplain management, the Envir-onmental Pr-ateetion Aet ef <br /> the State of 111;neis <br /> BASE FLOOD. The flood event having a one per-eent prebability of being equaled or- eNeeed <br /> in an), given yeaf. This event is alse knewn as the 100 year fle <br /> BASE FLOOD ELEVATION (BFE): The height ef water- in r-elation to mean sea level at the <br /> er-est of the base fle l <br /> BUILDING: Any structure that is principally above ground and is enclosed by walls and a roof, <br /> including manufactured housing and prefabricated housing units, designed or built for the <br /> support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, chattels or property of any <br /> kind. For7,urpeses of Seeti6rrXXVI-of this c his or-dinane , Fleedplain Management,_tl'is teFm <br /> also ineludes r-eer-eational vehieles and travel tfailer-s installed on a site for- fner-e than 180 <br /> days-. <br /> DEVELOPMENT: Any man-made change to real estate, exclusive of maintenance of existing <br /> buildings and facilities; resurfacing roads; or gardening, plowing, and similar practices that <br /> do not involve filling, grading, or construction of levees. wee-veetio" XXVI, Floodplain <br /> Management <br /> FLOOD-- A general and temperary eandition er- partial er- eemplete inundation of nor-mally dr-y <br /> land areas ffem the ever-fiew, the unusual and rapid aeetffnulafien, E)r- the r-uneff of sur-faee <br /> ,to s f. <br /> FLOOD FR4NGE- The cion of the fl.,.,.lplain outside of the i „l ate fy floo.aw ay <br /> FLOOD P;SURA-'NC;E RATE MAP (FIRN4): A map prepared by the Federal Effier-geney <br /> Management Ageney that depiets the fleedplain er- speeial flood haza-r-d area (SF44" — i <br /> and show base flood elevations. <br /> FLOODPLAIN: A ehanne! and the r-elatively fim area adjoining the ehannel of a natural stfea <br /> flood- <br /> hazard .,re /CL'Lr A 1 <br /> additions, <br /> ehanges of <br /> jq fn <br /> > > <br /> their ,. r.te ts <br /> FLOOD PROOFING ERTIFI ATE: A ff published the Feder-a! Emer-gefley <br /> Management Ageney that is used te eertify that a building has been designed and eenstr-ueted <br /> t b t t 11 dr-y fleeproofed to the flee „reteetion elevation. <br />