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SECTION 1361.02: DEFINITIONS Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this ordinance shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this ordinance its most reasonable application. (a) "Accessory structure" means a structure on the same lot with, and of a nature customerily incidental and subordinate to, the principal structure. (b) "Appeal" means a request for a review of the Building Commissioner's interpretation of anq provision of this ordinance or a request for a variance. (c) "Area of special flood hazard" means the land in the flood plain within a community subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. (d) "Base flood" means the flood having a one percent chance of being equalled or exceeded in any given year. The base flood may also be referred to as the one-hundred (100) year flood. (e) "Development" means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations located within the are of special flood hazard. (f) "Federal EmerQency ManaQement A enc "(FEMA) means the agency with the overall responsibility for administering the National Flood Insurance Program. (g) "Flood" or "floodin&" means a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from: (1) the overflow of inland or tidal waters, and/or (2) the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source. (h) "Flood Insurance Rate Ma?" (FIRM) means an official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has delineated the areas of special flood hazard. (i) "Flood Insurance Studv" means the official report in which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided flood profiles, floodway boundaries, and the water surface elevations of the base flood.