FLOOD08745

• County: Statewide
• Community: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Date: 12/1/1999
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Kistner and Associates
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan -1999

planimetric features, These changes typically occur as
a resu~ of structural works or improvements, annexa-
tions resulting in addrtional flood hazard areas, or cor-
rections d base flood elevations or flood insurance risk
zones.

Post-Firm Construction: is construction or substantial
improvement, which started on or whichever, is later.

Pre-Firm Construction: is construction or substantial
improvement which started on or before December 31,
1974, or before the effective date of the inrtial Flood
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) of the community, which-
ever is later.

Principally Above Ground: shall mean that at least 51
percent of the actual cash value of the structure is
above ground,

Private Nonprofit Facility: Any private nonprdrt edu-
cational, utility, emergency, medical, or custodial Care
facility for the aged or disabled, and other fac:ilrty provid-
ing essential govemmental type services to the general
public, and such facilrties on Indian reservations, Fur-
ther definition is as follows:

a. Educational Facility: Classrooms plus related sup-
plies, equipmen~ machinery, and utilrties of an edu-
cational instrtution necessary or appropriate for in-
structional, administratwe, and support purposes,
but does not include buildings, structures and re-
lated rtems used primarily for religious purposes or
instruction

b. Utility: Buildings, structures, or systems d energy,
communication, water supply, sewage collection and
treatment, or other similar public service facilrties.

c. Emergency Facfllty: Those buildings, structures,
equipment, or systems used to provide emergency
services, such as fire protection, ambulance, or res-
cue, to the general public, including the administra-
tion and support facilrties essential to the operation
of such emergency facilities even ~ not contiguous,

d. Medical Facility: Any hosprtal, outpatient facility, a
rehabilitation facility, or facility for long term care as
such terms are defined in section 645 d the Public
Health Service Act (42 U,S,C. 2910) and any similar
facilrty olfering diagnosis of or treatment d mental or
physical injury or disease, including the administra-
twe and support facilities essential to the operation
of such medical facilrties even ~ not contiguous,

e. Custodial Care Facility: Those buildings, struc-
tures, or systems including those for essential ad-
ministration and support, which are used to provide
instrtutional care for persons who require close Su-
pervision and some physical constraints on their
daily activities for their se~-protection, but do not
require day-to-day medical care,

f. Other Essential Governmental ServIces Fae/lf-
ties: Facilrties such as museums, zoos, communrty
centers, libraries, homeless she~ers, senior citizen
centers, rehabilitation facilrties, she~er worKshops,
and facilities which provide hea~h and safety ser-
vices of a govemmental nature, All such facilities

must be open to the general public,

Prfvate Nonprofit Organ/zatfon: Any non-
governmental agency or entity that currently has:

a. An effective ruling letter from the U.S, Internal Reve-
nue Service, granting tax exemption under section
501(c), (d), or (e) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, or

b. Satisfactory evidence from the State that the non-
revenue producing organization or entrty is a non-
profit one organized or doing business under State
law,

Probation: is the means of formally not~ying participat-
ing communities of violations and deficiencies in the
administration and enforcement d the local floodplain
management regulations, A communrty is placed on
probation for one year (may be extended) during which
time a surcharge is applied to all NFIP policies issued
on or after the Probation Surcharge effective date, Pro-
bation is terminated ~ deficiencies are corrected, If a
community does not take remedial or corrective meas-
ures while on probation, rt can be suspended,

Project: All work performed at a single srte or mu~iple
srtes as described on a project summary.

Public Assistance: Federal financial assistance pro-
vided through the Public Assistance Grant Program
(PAGP) to state and local governments or to eligible
private nonprofrt organizations for disaster-related re-
quirements,

Public Assistance Permanent Worll: The restorative
work that must be done, through repairs or replace-
ment, to restore an eligible facility on the basis of rts
pre-disaster design and in conformrty with current appli-
cable codes, specifications, and standards,

PublIc Entity: An organization formed for a public pur-
pose whose direction and funding are provided by one
or more polrtical subdwisions of the state,

Reach: a continuous segment of a watercourse,

Recreational VehIcle: shall mean a vehicle which is (i)
built on a single chassis; (ii) 400 square feet or less
when measured at the largest horizontal projections;
(iii) designed to be se~-propelled or permanently towed
by a light duty truck; and (iv) designed primarily not for
use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living
quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal
use.

Regular Program (NFIP): is the phase of a commu-
nity's participation in the NFIP where more comprehen-
sive floodplain management requirements are imposed
and higher amounts of insurance are available based
upon risk zones and elevations determined in a flood
insurance study, The Flood Insurance Rate Map is the
map used in this phase 01 the NFIP,

Regulatory Flood Elevation: in Colorado means the
Base Flood Elevation plus one foot of freeboard which
is required to meet the Minimum Standards for Flood-
plain Management in the State d Colorado.

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