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D. Controlling filling, grading, dredging, and other <br />development which may increase flood damage; and, <br /> <br /> E. Preventing or regulating the construction of flood <br />barriers which will unnaturally divert flood waters or which <br />may increase flood hazards in other areas. <br /> <br />17.08.050 Definitions. <br /> <br /> Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used <br />in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the <br />meaning they have in common usage and to give this chapter <br />its most reasonable application: <br /> <br /> A. "Appeal" means a request for a review of the <br />Floodplain Administrator's interpretation of any provision of <br />this chapter or a request for a variance. <br /> <br /> B. "Area of shallow flooding" means a designated AO or <br />AH Zone on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The base <br />flood depths range from one to three feet; a clearly defined <br />channel does not exist; the path of flooding is unpredictable <br />and indeterminate; and velocity flow may be evident. <br /> <br /> C. "Area of special flood hazard" - See "Special flood <br />hazard area". <br /> <br /> D. "Area of special mudslide (i.e., mudflow) hazard" <br />is the area subject to severe mudslides (i.e., mudflows). <br />The area is designated as Zone M on the Flood Insurance Rate <br />Map (FIRM). <br /> <br /> E. "Base flood" means the flood having a one percent <br />chance of being equalled or exceeded in any given year (also <br />called the "100-year flood"). <br /> <br /> F. "Basement" means any area of the building having <br />its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides. <br /> <br /> G. "Breakaway walls" are any type of walls, whether <br />solid or lattice, and whether constructed of concrete, <br />masonry, wood, metal, plastic or any other suitable building <br />material which is not part of the structural support of the <br />building and which is designed to break away under abnormally <br />high tides or wave action without causing any damage to the <br />structural integrity of the building on which they are used <br />or any buildings to which they might be carried by flood <br />waters. A breakaway wall shall have a safe design loading <br />resistance of not less than ten and no more than twenty <br />pounds per square foot. Use of breakaway walls must be <br />certified by a registered engineer or architect and shall <br />meet the following condition: <br /> <br /> Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br />