Title 18 — FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
Chapter 18.08 — DEFINITIONS
Calistoga Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-01 · Calistoga
§ 18.08.010. Generally.¶
§ 18.08.012. Accessory use.¶
§ 18.08.014. Alluvial fan.¶
§ 18.08.016. Apex.¶
§ 18.08.020. Appeal.¶
§ 18.08.025. Area of shallow flooding.¶
§ 18.08.030. Area of special flood hazard.¶
§ 18.08.035. Base flood.¶
§ 18.08.040. Basement.¶
§ 18.08.050. Building.¶
§ 18.08.055. City.¶
§ 18.08.060. Development.¶
§ 18.08.070. Encroachment.¶
§ 18.08.080. Existing manufactured home park or subdivision.¶
§ 18.08.090. Expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision.¶
§ 18.08.100. Flood, flooding, or flood water.¶
§ 18.08.105. Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM).¶
§ 18.08.110. Flood Hazard Boundary Map.¶
§ 18.08.115. Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM).¶
§ 18.08.120. Flood Insurance Study.¶
§ 18.08.125. Floodplain or flood-prone area.¶
§ 18.08.130. Floodplain Administrator.¶
§ 18.08.135. Floodplain management.¶
§ 18.08.140. Floodplain management regulations.¶
§ 18.08.145. Floodproofing.¶
§ 18.08.150. Floodway.¶
§ 18.08.155. Floodway fringe.¶
§ 18.08.160. Fraud and victimization.¶
§ 18.08.165. Functionally dependent use.¶
§ 18.08.170. Governing body.¶
§ 18.08.175. Hardship.¶
§ 18.08.180. Highest adjacent grade.¶
§ 18.08.185. Historic structure.¶
§ 18.08.190. Levee.¶
§ 18.08.195. Levee system.¶
§ 18.08.200. Lowest floor.¶
§ 18.08.205. Manufactured home.¶
§ 18.08.210. Manufactured home park or subdivision.¶
§ 18.08.212. Market value.¶
§ 18.08.215. Mean sea level.¶
§ 18.08.220. New construction.¶
§ 18.08.225. New manufactured home park or subdivision.¶
§ 18.08.230. Obstruction.¶
§ 18.08.235. One-hundred-year flood or 100-year flood.¶
§ 18.08.245. Public safety and nuisance.¶
§ 18.08.250. Recreational vehicle.¶
§ 18.08.255. Regulatory floodway.¶
§ 18.08.260. Remedy a violation.¶
§ 18.08.265. Riverine.¶
§ 18.08.270. Sheet flow area.¶
§ 18.08.272. Special flood hazard area (SFHA).¶
§ 18.08.275. Start of construction.¶
§ 18.08.280. Structure.¶
§ 18.08.285. Substantial damage.¶
§ 18.08.290. Substantial improvement.¶
§ 18.08.300. Variance.¶
§ 18.08.310. Violation.¶
§ 18.08.320. Water surface elevation.¶
§ 18.08.330. Watercourse.¶
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