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• "Elevation Certificate"refers to FEMA form 81-31, which for the purposes of this Code <br /> must be properly completed by a Professional Engineer, Surveyor or Architect licensed to <br /> practice in the State of Arkansas. <br /> "Erosion"is the process of soil removal by moving water. <br /> "Existing Structure"means, for floodplain management purposes, a structure which is in <br /> place before any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement takes place. <br /> "Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision"means a manufactured home <br /> park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the <br /> manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the <br /> construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed <br /> before the effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted by a community. <br /> "Expansion to an Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivsion"- means the <br /> preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the <br /> manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of <br /> streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads). <br /> "Federal Emergency Management Agency", or FEMA, is the Federal agency <br /> • responsible for administering the National Flood Insurance Program. <br /> "FEMA"is the acronym for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. <br /> "Fill"refers to the placement of natural sand, dirt, soil, rock, concrete, cement, brick or similar <br /> material at a specified location to bring the ground surface up to a desired elevation. <br /> "FIRM"is the acronym for Flood Insurance Rate Map. <br /> "Flood Fringe"refers to the portion of the 100-year floodplain which is outside the floodway <br /> (See definition of floodway below.) <br /> "Flood Insurance Rate Map"(or"FIRM") refers to the official flood map of a <br /> community on which FEMA has categorized Special Flood Hazard Areas into risk premium <br /> zones. <br /> flood maps <br /> "Flood Insurance Study"(or "FIS") is the official report provided by FEMA. It contains <br /> flood profiles, floodway tables, engineering methods, and other descriptive and technical data. <br /> • <br /> 4 <br />