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17-2 (3) Minimize rescue and relief efforts, generally stating that the construction and the use of land or undertaken at the expense of the tax paying public; a building, the elevation of fill or the lowest floor (4) Minimize business interruptions which of a structure is in compliance with all of the usually result in the loss of local incomes; provisions of this ordinance. (5) Minimize damage to public facilities on the (7) CHANNEL: A natural or artificial floodplains such as water mains, sewer lines, watercourse with definite bed and banks to confine streets and bridges; and conduct normal flow of water. (6) Minimize the occurrence of future flood (7m) COMMITTEE: The Zoning and Natural blight areas on floodplains; Resources Committee of the County Board of (7) Discourage the victimization of unwary, Supervisors of the County of Dane. land and home buyers; and (7n) COUNTY: The County of Dane. (8) Prevent increases in regional flood heights (8) CRAWLWAYS or CRAWL SPACE: An that could increase flood damage and may result in enclosed area below the first usable floor of a conflicts or litigation between property owners. building, generally less than five (5) feet in height, used for limited access to plumbing and electrical L- 17.04 TITLE This ordinance shall be known as utilities.' the Floodplain Zoning Ordinance for Dane (9) DEPARTMENT: The Wisconsin Department County, Wisconsin. of Natural Resources. I (10) DEVELOPMENT: Any artificial change to 17.05 DEFINITIONS. (intro.) Unless specifically improved or unimproved real estate, including, but defined below, words and phrases used in this not limited to, the construction of buildings, ' ordinance shall have the same meaning as they structures or accessory structures; the construction have at common law and to give this ordinance its of additions or substantial improvements to most reasonable application. Words used in the buildings, structures or accessory structures; the present tense include the future, the singular placement of buildings or structures; mining, number includes the plural and the plural number - dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or includes the singular. The word "may" is drilling operations; and the storage, deposition or permissive, "shall" is mandatory and not extraction of materials, public or private sewage _} discretionary. disposal systems or water supply facilities. (1) A ZONES: Those areas shown on the• (11) DRYLAND ACCESS: A vehicular access Official Floodplain Zoning Map which would be route which is above the regional flood elevation inundated by the regional flood.' These areas may and which connects land located in the floodplain — be numbered or unnumbered A Zones. The A to land outside the floodplain, such as a road with _ Zones may or may not be reflective of flood its surface above regional flood elevation and wide ' profiles, depending on the availability of data for a enough for wheeled rescue and relief vehicles. _ given area. (12) ENCROACHMENT: Any fill, structure, (2) ACCESSORY STRUCTURE or USE: A . building, use or development in the floodway. detached subordinate structure or a use which is (13) EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARK OR clearly incidental to and customarily found in SUBDIVISION: A parcel or contiguous parcels of connection with the principal structure or use to land divided into two or more mobile home lots which it is related, and which is located on the for rent or sale on which the construction of ; same lot as that of the principal structure or use. facilities for servicing the lots, including, at a (3) BASEMENT: Any enclosed area of a minimum, the installation of utilities, either final building having its floor subgrade, i.e., below site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, and ground level, on all sides.' the construction of streets, is completed before the (4) BUILDING: See STRUCTURE. effective date of this ordinance. (5) [reserved for future use.] (14) EXPANSION TO EXISTING MOBILE HOME t (6) CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE: A PARK: The preparation of additional sites by the certification issued by the zoning administrator construction of facilities for servicing the lots on The term Official Floodplain Zoning Map is defined in s. 17.05 (42) . The term regional flood is defined in s. 17.05 (48) . 2 Annotation: July 1991. 3 Annotation: July 1991. Unofficial Text Dane County Code of Ordinances rev. 043095