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ORDINANCE 2012-036 Building Code; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has adopted a requirement to require accumulation of costs of improvements and repairs of buildings, based on issued building permits over a ten-year period, for buildings and structures in flood hazard areas for the purpose of participating in the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System and, pursuant to section 553.73(5), F.S., is formatting that requirement to coordinate with the Florida Building Code; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County that the Indian River County Land Development Regulations (LDRs) Chapter 901, Definitions, and Chapter 930, Ston-nwater Management and Flood Protection, be amended as follows, and local administrative amendments to the 2010 Florida Building Code be adopted as follows: SECTION 1. RECITALS. The foregoing whereas clauses are incorporated 'herein by reference and made a part hereof. SECTION 2. AMENDMENTS TO LDR CHAPTER 901, DEFINITIONS. Certain definitions, in alphabetical order, in Section 901.03 are hereby added or amended to read as follows: Alteration of a watercourse A dam impoundment channel relocation, change in channel alignment channelization or change in cross-sectional area of a channel or a channel capacity, or another form of modification which may alter, impede retard or change the direction and/or velocity of the riverine flow of water during conditions of the base flood. Appeal. For purposes of County Code Chapter 930 relating to flood protection, means a request for a review of the interpretation by the community development director of any provision of Chapter 930 floodplain regulations tlhis efdinanse or a request for a variance. ASCE 24 A standard titled Flood Resistant Design and Construction that is referenced by the Florida Building Code ASCE 24 is developed and published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. Base flood. year -A flood having a 1 -percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year fAlso defined in FBC B] The base flood is commonly referred to as the "100 -year flood" or the "I - percent -annual chance flood." Base flood elevation The elevation of the base flood including wave height, relative to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) or other Underline: Additions to Ordinance Strike-thFou&. Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance 2 C:\Documents and Settings\tlister\Desktop\Revised IRC Flood Protect Ord final 10-26-12.rtf