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ORDINANCE NO. 94- 25 attached to a legal description of the affected property. -The Community Development Director shall maintain the records of all appeal actions and shall report any variances to the FEMA Region IV Office. G. Chapter 901 is hereby amended by adding the following definitions (in alphabetical sequence): "Addition (to an existing building)", for purposes of County Code Chapter 930 relating to flood protection, means any walled and roofed expansion to the perimeter of a' building in which the addition is connected by a common load-bearing wall other than a fire wall. Any walled and roofed addition which is connected by a fire wall or is separated by independent perimeter load-bearing walls is new construction. "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 this ordinance or a request for a variance. "Area of shallow flooding" means a designated AO or VO Zone on a Community Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with base flood depths from one to three feet, where a clearly defined channel does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate, and where velocity flow may be evident. "Area of Special Flood Hazard" is the land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. "Elevated building" means a non -basement building built to have the lowest floor elevated above the ground level by means of fill, solid foundation perimeter walls, pilings, columns (posts and piers), shear walls, or breakaway walls. "Existing construction", for purposes of County Code Chapter 930 relating to flood protection, means any structure for which the "start of construction" commenced before July 3, 1978. "Existing manufactured home park or subdivision" for purposes of County Code Chapter 930 relating to flood protection, means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the manufactured homes are be to affixed (including at a minimum the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring_ of concrete pads) was completed before October 1, 1989. "Expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision for purposes of County Code Chapter 930 relating to flood protection, means the re aration of _additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads). "Floor", to flood August 31, 1994 of County Code Chapter 930 relating means the top surface of an enclosed 27 BOOK. 93 PAGE 155 i