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Title 15 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION

Chapter 15.52 — DEFINITIONS

Fortuna Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Fortuna

§ 15.52.005. Interpretation.

§ 15.52.010. Accessory use.

§ 15.52.020. Appeal.

§ 15.52.030. Area of special flood hazard.

§ 15.52.040. Base flood.

§ 15.52.050. Basement.

§ 15.52.060. Building.

§ 15.52.070. Development.

§ 15.52.080. Encroachment.

§ 15.52.090. Existing manufactured home park or subdivision.

§ 15.52.100. Expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision.

§ 15.52.110. Flood, flooding, or flood water.

§ 15.52.120. Flood boundary and floodway map (FBFM).

§ 15.52.130. Flood insurance rate map (FIRM).

§ 15.52.140. Flood insurance study.

§ 15.52.150. Floodplain or flood-prone area.

§ 15.52.160. Floodplain administrator.

§ 15.52.170. Floodplain management.

§ 15.52.180. Floodplain management regulations.

§ 15.52.190. Floodproofing.

§ 15.52.200. Floodway.

§ 15.52.210. Floodway fringe.

§ 15.52.220. Fraud and victimization.

§ 15.52.230. Functionally dependent use.

§ 15.52.240. Governing body.

§ 15.52.250. Hardship.

§ 15.52.260. Highest adjacent grade.

§ 15.52.270. Historic structure.

§ 15.52.280. Levee.

§ 15.52.290. Levee system.

§ 15.52.300. Lowest floor.

§ 15.52.310. Manufactured home.

§ 15.52.320. Manufactured home park or subdivision.

§ 15.52.330. Mean sea level.

§ 15.52.340. New construction.

§ 15.52.350. New manufactured home park or subdivision.

§ 15.52.360. Obstruction.

§ 15.52.370. One-hundred-year flood.

§ 15.52.380. Public safety and nuisance.

§ 15.52.390. Recreational vehicle.

§ 15.52.400. Regulatory floodway.

§ 15.52.410. Remedy a violation.

§ 15.52.420. Riverine.

§ 15.52.430. Sheet flow area.

§ 15.52.440. Special flood hazard area (SFHA).

§ 15.52.450. Start of construction.

§ 15.52.460. Structure.

§ 15.52.470. Substantial damage.

§ 15.52.480. Substantial improvement.

§ 15.52.490. Variance.

§ 15.52.500. Violation.

§ 15.52.510. Water surface elevation.

§ 15.52.520. Watercourse.

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