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17.08.050 L. "Flood Boundary and Floodway Map" means the official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of flood hazard and the floodway. M. "Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)" means the official map on which the Fed- eral Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has de- lineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones appli- cable to the community. N. "Flood Insurance Study" means the official report provided by the Federal In- surance Administration that includes flood profiles, the FIRM, the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood. O. "Floodplain or flood-prone area" means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of "flooding"). P. "Fooodplain management" means the operation of an overall program of correc- tive and preventive measures for reducing flood damage, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood con- trol works and floodplain management regulations. Q. "Fooodplain management regula- tions" means zoning and ordinances, sub- division regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances (such as floodplain ordinance, grading or- dinance and erosion control ordinance) and other applications of police power. The term describes such state or local regula- tions, in any combination thereof, which provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction. R. "Floodproofing" means any combi- nation of structural and nonstructural addi- tions, changes or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents. S. "Floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumula- tively increasing the water surface eleva- tion more than one (1) foot. Also referred to as "regulatory floodway." T. "Functionally dependent use" means a use which cannot perform its intended purpose unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water. The term in- cludes only docking facilities, port facili- ties that are necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo or passengers, and ship building and ship repair facilities, but does not include long-term storage or related manufacturing facilities. U. "Highest adjacent grade" means the highest natural elevation of the ground sur- face prior to construction next to the pro- posed walls of a structure. V. "Historic structure" means any struc- ture that is: (1) Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a list- ing maintained by the Department of Inte- rior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register; (2) Certified or prelimi- narily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered his- 42,7 (Pleasanton Supp. No. 19, 9-07)