Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40B - Suwannee River Water Management District › Chapter 40B-4 - WORKS OF THE DISTRICT PERMITS › Section 40B-4.1020 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "75-Foot Setback" means the front 75 feet
				of an area immediately adjacent to and including the recognized top of bank of
				the river.
(2) "100-Year Flood/One
				Percent Annual Chance of Flood" means that flood which has a one-percent
				probability of recurrence in any one year. The 100-year flood/one percent
				annual chance of flood elevation is the highest elevation of flood waters
				during the 100-year flood/one percent annual chance of flood and is calculated
				or estimated from the best available information. The 100-year flood/one
				percent annual chance of flood elevation shall not include coastal storm surge
				elevations unless such elevations have been developed in an approved Federal
				Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Study and such approved storm surge
				elevations have been accepted for implementation by the appropriate unit of
				local or state government.
(3)
				"Commercial" means any place of commerce, business, structure, or activity that
				generates revenue or income by any means or serves as an accessory activity or
				facility to any revenue-generating or income-producing operation; and not as a
				single-family residence.
(4)
				"Clearing" means removal of either vegetation or residential and
				non-residential structures for any purpose other than perpetual agricultural or
				silvicultural activities. Clearing includes, but is not limited to, cutting
				brush, removal of trees, burning, root-raking, de-stumping, land leveling,
				earthwork, chopping, grinding, and any other activity intended to convert
				property from its current condition to a developable condition.
(5) "Conversion" means a man-made change to a
				wetland as defined in Section
				 373.019, F.S., or surface water
				by draining, filling, or other means which results in the permanent change of
				the wetland or surface water to an upland.
(6) "Deck" means a flat surface on land
				capable of supporting weight.
(7)
				"Development" means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate
				within a Work of the District including but not limited to, construction of
				surfacewater management systems, works, appurtenant works, residential and
				non-residential structures, redistribution of onsite material, mining,
				dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, drilling operations,
				development of sewage disposal systems, or the alteration of the topography of
				a tract of land for purposes consistent with the occupation of agriculture,
				silviculture, floriculture, or horticulture including agricultural closed
				systems.
(8) "Dock" means a fixed
				or floating structure, including access walkways, terminal platforms, catwalks,
				mooring pilings, lifts, davits and other associated water-dependent structures,
				used for mooring and accessing vessels.
(9) "Engineer" means a professional engineer
				registered in Florida, or other person exempted pursuant to the provisions of
				Chapter 471, F.S., who is competent in the fields of hydrology and stormwater
				control.
(10) "Floodway" or
				"Regulatory Floodway" means the channel of a river, stream, or other
				watercourse and adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge
				the 100-year flood/one percent annual change of flood without cumulatively
				increasing the 100-year flood/one percent annual chance of flood elevation more
				than a designated height. Unless otherwise noted, all regulatory floodways in
				the Suwannee River Water Management District provide for no more than one-foot
				rise in water surface elevations.
(11) "Governing Board" means the governing
				board of a water management district. Unless used in a different context,
				"governing board" or "board" means the governing board of the Suwannee River
				Water Management District.
(12)
				"Landing" means any platform waterward from the top of bank that is accessed by
				stairs and exited by stairs.
(13)
				"New Development" means any development as defined herein which:
(a) Was not complete on the effective date of
				this chapter; or
(b) Involves
				substantial improvement to any structure in a work of the district;
				or
(c) Involves alteration of any
				work or appurtenant works or surfacewater management system in a Work of the
				District.