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Summary of Optional Provisions (Note that optional provisions in existence within City Code already are not addressed here) The following definitions are optional: Base Flood Elevation means the elevation of the "regional flood". The term "base flood elevation" is used in the flood insurance study. There are multiple terms that are often interchanged when referring to floodplain regulations, including this one. It has no impact other than clarifying that it is the same as the Regional Flood, which is already defined within City Code. Critical Facilities means facilities necessary to a community's public health and safety, those that store or produce highly volatile, toxic or water -reactive materials, and those that house occupants that may be insufficiently mobile to avoid the loss of life or injury. Examples of critical facilities include hospitals, correctional facilities, schools, daycare facilities, nursing homes, fire and police stations, wastewater treatment facilities, public electric utilities, water plants, fuel storage facilities, and waste handling and storage facilities. This definition is not included in the proposed Ordinance as it would restrict these types of facilities from being constructed within any floodplain district, even those areas where fill can be used to elevate a structure to or above the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation. Farm Fence means an open type fence of posts and wire, which is permitted to accommodate agricultural activities and the raising of livestock and animals in certain zoning districts, and is not considered to be a structure with regard to floodplain regulations. City Code does allow for barbless wire fences and fences capable of carrying an electric charge to accommodate agricultural activities and the raising of livestock. Incorporating this definition would allow for this low impact, non -flood impeding style of fence to be considered a permitted use within the Floodway District. Note that regardless of whether this definition is adopted or not, other, more typical residential style fences, such as chain link or privacy, are considered structures and are not permitted in the Floodway District without the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit. Flood Prone Area means any land susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see "Flood" definition). This optional definition is not included in the proposed Ordinance as it would create additional regulation on lands outside the designated floodplain districts. Repetitive Loss means flood related damages sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during a ten year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event on the average equals or exceeds 25% of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. This optional definition relates to an optional provision that would require a nonconforming use or structure that experiences damage meeting this definition twice within a 10-year period to be either not reconstructed or reconstructed only in conformity with provisions within this Subdivision. This goes beyond the minimum standards and thus, Staff has not included this in the draft Ordinance.