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• • Reach means a longitudinal segment of a stream or river. A reach will generally include the segment of the flood hazard area where flood heights are influenced by a manmade or natural obstruction. In an urban area, the segment of a stream or river between two consecutive bridge crossings would typically constitute a reach. Regulatory flood means a flood which is representative of large floods known to have occurred generally in the area and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur in a particular stream or river. Regulatory flood generally has a frequency of approximately one hundred years, determined from an analysis of floods in a particular stream and other streams in the same general region. Regulatory flood protection elevation is the elevation to which uses regulated by Section 30 are required to be elevated or floodproofed. Shoreline permit is a permit issued by the City of Everett for development adjacent to water bodies per RCW Chapter 90.58 and Chapter 173-14 WAC. The floodplain areas are included in the jurisdiction of the shoreline permit. However, not all development needs a shoreline permit. See the definition of "Flood Plain Development Permit. " Substantial improvement means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either: 1. before the improvement or repair is started, or 2. if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition, "substantial improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The term does not, however, include either: 1. any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions, or 2. any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places. Variance means a grant of relief from the requirements of Section 30 which permits construction in a manner that would otherwise be prohibited. SECTION 4: Sections 2 and 3 of this Ordinance shall be codified as Chapter 4 of Title 19 of the Everett Municipal Code. Section 5: Savings Clause. Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed as abating any action now pending under or by virtue of any ordinance or provision thereof of the City herein superseded; or as discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any penalty accrued 3Z