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FLOOD PROOFING - means any combination of structural and non-structural <br />additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood <br />damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, <br />structures and their contents. <br />FLOODWAY - see Regulatory Floodway <br />FUNCTIONALLY DEPENDENT USE - means a use, which cannot perform its intended <br />purpose unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water. The term <br />includes only docking facilities, port facilities that are necessary for the loading and <br />unloading of cargo or passengers, and ship building and ship repair facilities, but does <br />not include long-term storage or related manufacturing facilities. <br />HIGHEST ADJACENT GRADE - means the highest natural elevation of the ground <br />surface prior to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure. <br />HISTORIC STRUCTURE - means any structure that is: <br />(1) Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing <br />maintained by the Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the <br />Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the <br />National Register; <br />(2) Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as <br />contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district <br />preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district; <br />(3) Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with <br />historic preservation programs which have been approved by the Secretary of the <br />Interior; or <br />(4) Individually listed on a local inventory or historic places in communities <br />with historic preservation programs that have been certified either: <br />(a) By an approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the <br />Interior or; <br />(b) Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without <br />approved programs. <br />LEVEE - means a man-made structure, usually an earthen embankment, designed and <br />constructed in accordance with sound engineering practices to contain, control, or <br />divert the flow of water so as to provide protection from temporary flooding. <br />6 <br />