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� a community. The map includes insurance rate zones and may or may not depict floodways . <br /> and show base flood elevations. <br /> FLOODPLAIN: A channel and the relatively flat area adjoining the channel of a natural stream <br /> or river that has been or may be covered by floodwater. Also known as the special flood <br /> hazard area(SFHA). <br /> FLOOD PROOFING: Any combination of structural or nonstructural additions, changes or <br /> adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate,property, and <br /> their contents. <br /> FLOOD PROOFING CERTIFICATE: A form published by the Federal Emergency <br /> Management Agency that is used to certify that a building has been designed and constructed <br /> to be structurally dry flood proofed to the flood protection elevation. <br /> FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION(FPE): The elevation of the base flood plus two (2) feet <br /> of freeboazd at any given location in the flood plain. <br /> FLOODWAY: A channel of a natural stream or river and portions of the floodplain adjoining <br /> the channel,which are reasonably required to carry and dischazge the floodwater or flood <br /> flow of any natural stream or river. For the purposes of Section XXVI of this ordinance,the <br /> floodway includes thafloodplains of the Sangamon River, Stevens Creek,the Big Creek arm <br /> of Decatur Lake-Big Creek, Spring Creek, Tributary to Big Creek, Tributary 2, Tributary 3, <br /> Tributary 4, and Tributary 5 as delineated on the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map series <br /> prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated August 1, 1979. The <br /> � floodways for each of the remaining flood plains of the City shall be determined according to <br /> the best data available from Federal, state, or other sources. <br /> FLOOR AREA,NET: The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding common areas, <br /> stairwells and elevator shafts, equipment rooms, interior vehicular parking or loading; and all <br /> � floors below the first or ground floor, except when not used or not intended to be used for <br /> human habitation or business use. <br /> FOOD STORES: Retail stores primarily engaged in selling edible products for home <br /> preparation and consumption,not including supermarkets, superstores or warehouse markets. <br /> This definition shall not be interpreted to include establishments primarily engaged in selling <br /> prepared foods or beverages for consumption on premises or liquor stores. For the purposes <br /> of this Ordinance, food stores are categorized as follows: <br /> Neighborhood: Grocery store (less than 30,000 squaze feet of gross leasable area); <br /> Delicatessen; Fish(seafood)market(enclosed); Meat or poultry market(no slaughtering on <br /> 1 market enclosed . <br />, premises); Fruit or vegetab e ( ) <br /> Specialty: Confectionery store including candy, nuts,popcorn, sweetmeats, and other edible <br /> products; Dairy products (not including ice cream or frozen custard stands); Retail bakeries, <br /> featuring products prepared on the premises for sale on the premises; Specialty food stores <br /> including,but not limited to, such items as health foods, coffee, tea, spices, herbs, vitamins, � <br /> dietetic foods, local specialties,jams and jellies, hot sauces, and mineral water. <br /> FOOTCANDLE (FC) - A quantitative unit of ineasurement referring to illumination incident at a <br /> � single point. One footcandle is equal to one lumen uniformly distributed over an area of one I <br /> 11 <br />