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<br />Start of Construction (for any other than new construction or substantial <br />improvements under the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (P.L. 97-348)), includes <br />substantial improvement, and shall mean the date the building permit was issued, <br />provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, or improvement was <br />within 180 days of the permit date, The actual start means the first placement of <br />permanent construction of a building (including a manufactured home) on a site, <br />such as the pouring of slabs or footings, installation of piles, construction of columns, <br />or any work beyond the stage of excavation or the placement of a manufactured <br />home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, <br />such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets <br />and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers or <br />foundations or the erection oftemporary forms; nor does it include the installation on <br />the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as <br />dwelling units or not part of the main building. For a substantial improvement, the <br />actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or <br />other structural part of a building; whether or not that alteration affects the external <br />dimensions ofthe building. <br /> <br />Structure shall mean a walled and roofed building that is principally above ground, a <br />manufactured home, a gas or liquid storage tank, or other man made facilities or <br />infrastructlHes. <br /> <br />Substantial Damage means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby <br />the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or <br />exceed fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the structure before the damage <br />occurred. <br /> <br />Substantial Improvement shall mean any combination of repairs, reconstruction, <br />alteration, or improvements to a building, taking place during a five (5) year period, <br />in which the cumulative costs equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the fair <br />market value ofthe structure prior to the improvement. The fair market value of the <br />building should be (1) the appraised value of the structure prior to the start of the <br />initial repair or improvement, or (2) the assessed value of the building prior to the <br />start of the initial repair or improvement. or (3) in the case of damage, the value of <br />the structure prior to the damage occurring. This term includes structures which have <br />incurred "substantial damage," regardless ofthe actual repair work performed. For <br />the purposes of this definition, "substantial improvement" is considered to occur <br />when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the <br />building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of <br />the building. The term does not, however, include either (1) any project for <br />improvement of a building required to comply with existing health, sanitary, or <br />safety code specifications which have been pre-identified by the BuildiRg, PlanniRg <br />and Zoning Department Code Enforcement Official and which are solely necessary <br />to assure safe living conditions or (2) any alteration of a "historic structure." <br />vrovided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as <br />a "historic structure." <br /> <br />Flood Damage Prevention Ord, <br />Legislation/Ordinances/Attorney <br />9/4/03 --10:07 AM <br /> <br />8 <br />