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ADMINISTRATOR -- The local administrative official appointed by the Town Council, responsible for administering and implementing these regulations as set forth in Section 97-8. The Town Council may elect not to appoint an administrator, and, in its place, the Town Council itself shall act as the Administrator, with~assistance from the Town Clerk. APPEAL -- A formal request for a review of the Floodplain Administrator's interpretation of this chapter, APPLICANT -- Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, company or public body, including the federal government, or any political subdivision, agency, corporation or instrumentality of the State of Colorado applying for a floodplain development permit pursuant to these regulations, AREA OF SHALLOW FLOODING -- Areas designed "z Zone" on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The base flood depths range from one (1) to three (3) feet; a clearly defined channel does not exist; and the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate. as well as the velocity flow. AREA OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD -- The land in a floodplain subject to a one-percent chance or greater of flooding in any given year, and those zones on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designated as AE and X Zones, as well as any designated floodway within the floodplain. BASE FLOOD -- A flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, In the context of this chapter, "base flood" is used interchangeably with "one-hundred-year flood," "one-percent-chance flood" or "intermediate regional flood." CHANNEL -- A natural or artificial watercourse of perceptible extent with definite bed and banks, which confines and conducts continuously or intermittently flowing water. CRITICAL FEATURE -- An integral and readily identifiable part of a flood protection system, without which the flood protection provided by the entire system would be compromised. DEVELOPMENT -- Any construction or activity that changes the basic character or the topography of the land on which the construction or activity occurs, including but not limited to any man-made change to improved or unimp roved real es ta te, const ruct ion 0 r substantial improvement of buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling opera tions, dam, wall, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projec tion, excavation, channel rectification, bridge, cuI vert, fence or fill, located within the area of special flood hazard, FILL -- A deposit of materials of any kind placed by artificial means.. Page 4