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DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION (DFE) -The elevation of the highest flood (generally the BFE including <br />freeboard) that a retrofitting method is designed to protect against. Also referred to as Flood <br />Protection Elevation. <br />FLOODPLAIN — Shall have the same meaning as "area of speeial fleedhazFd." ."Special Flood <br />Hazard Area (SFHA)." <br />FREEBOARD - Additional amount of height incorporated into the Design Flood Elevation (DFE) to <br />account for uncertainties in the determination of flood elevations. <br />HEIGHT — <br />StFUGtUFe heirs....,,,.,.-, Fed, ,,,elusive of all stFur-t res and ,,,.,,,.,., elite The vertical distance from <br />the minimum Design Flood Elevation (DFE) of the structure, per the Florida Building Code and <br />American Society of Civil Engineers, to the hi -h— - �+ -` " ��` �••-`��� T",. "..;.."tgt <br />b- mean roof height between eaves and ridge for a gable, hip <br />and gambrel roof and to the highest point, excluding parapet, of a flat low -slope roof and to the <br />deckline of a mansard roof. In addition: chimneys shall be permitted to extend three feet above <br />the highest point of the roof where it passes through the roof or three feet above the roof if the <br />roof is flat; parapet walls and railings constructed on buildings with flat roofs shall be permitted <br />to extend not higher than 42 inches above the roof; steeples shall be permitted to extend above <br />the roof, not higher than 42 inches. <br />Section 265-5 — Definitions Page 3 of 6 160 <br />