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Chapter 17 <br /> (7m) COMMITTEE: The Zoning and Natural Program. This agency was previously known as the <br /> Resources Committee of the County Board of Federal Insurance Administration (FIA), or <br /> Supervisors of the County of Dane. Department of Housing and Urban Development <br /> (7n) COUNTY:The County of Dane. (HUD). <br /> (8) CRAWLWAYS or CRAWL SPACE: An (16) FLOOD or FLOODING: A general and <br /> enclosed area below the first usable floor of a temporary condition of partial or complete inundation <br /> building, generally less than five (5) feet in height, of normally dry land areas caused by: <br /> used for limited access to plumbing and electrical (a) The overflow or rise of inland waters; <br /> utilities.6 (b) The rapid accumulation or runoff of <br /> (9) DEPARTMENT: The Wisconsin Department surface waters from any source;or <br /> of Natural Resources. (c) The sudden increase caused by an <br /> (10) DEVELOPMENT: Any artificial change to unusually high water level in a natural body of water, <br /> improved or unimproved real estate, including, but accompanied by a severe storm, or by an <br /> not limited to, the construction of buildings, unanticipated force of nature, such as a seiche, or by <br /> structures or accessory structures; the construction of some similarly unusual event. <br /> additions or substantial improvements to buildings, (17) [reserved for future use.] <br /> structures or accessory structures; the placement of (18) FLOODFRINGE: That portion of the <br /> buildings or structures; mining, dredging, filling, floodplain outside of the floodway which is covered <br /> grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations; by floodwaters during the regional flood and <br /> and the storage, deposition or extraction of materials, generally associated with standing water rather than <br /> public or private sewage disposal systems or water flowing water. <br /> supply facilities. (19) [reserved for future use.] <br /> (11) DRYLAND ACCESS: A vehicular access route (20) FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY: A technical <br /> which is above the regional flood elevation and which engineering examination, evaluation and <br /> connects land located in the floodplain to land outside determination of the local flood hazard areas. It <br /> the floodplain, such as a road with its surface above provides maps designating those areas affected by the <br /> regional flood elevation and wide enough for wheeled regional flood and provides both flood insurance rate <br /> rescue and relief vehicles. zones and regional flood elevations and may provide <br /> (12) ENCROACHMENT: Any fill, structure, floodway lines. The flood hazard areas are <br /> building,use or development in the floodway. designated as numbered and unnumbered A-Zones. <br /> (13) EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARK OR Flood insurance study maps form the basis for both <br /> SUBDIVISION: A parcel or contiguous parcels of the regulatory and the insurance aspects of the <br /> land divided into two or more mobile home lots for National Flood Insurance Program. <br /> rent or sale on which the construction of facilities for (21) FLOODPLAIN: That land which has been or <br /> servicing the lots, including, at a minimum, the may be hereafter covered by floodwater during the <br /> installation of utilities, either final site grading or the regional flood. The floodplain includes the floodway <br /> pouring of concrete pads, and the construction of and the floodfringe and may include other designated <br /> streets, is completed before the effective date of this floodplain areas for regulatory purposes. <br /> ordinance. (22) FLOODPLAIN ISLAND: A natural geologic <br /> (14) EXPANSION TO EXISTING MOBILE HOME land formation within the floodplain that is <br /> PARK: The preparation of additional sites by the surrounded,but not covered,by floodwater during the <br /> construction of facilities for servicing the lots on regional flood. <br /> which the mobile homes are to be placed. This (23) [reserved for future use.] <br /> includes installation of utilities, either final site (24) FLOOD PROFILE: A graph or a longitudinal <br /> grading,pouring pads,or construction of streets. profile line showing the relationship of the water <br /> (15) FEMA: The FEDERAL EMERGENCY surface elevation of a flood event to locations of land <br /> MANAGEMENT AGENCY, t he federal agency surface elevations along a stream or river. <br /> that administers the National Flood Insurance (25) FLOODPROOFING: Any combination of <br /> structural provisions, changes or adjustments to <br /> properties and structures, water and sanitary facilities <br /> 6Annotation: July 1991. <br /> Page 78 <br /> Revised 4-30-97 <br />