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Article 2 — Definitions

Yuba City Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Yuba City

Sec. 6-9.201. - Interpretation.

Sec. 6-9.202. - Accessory use.

Sec. 6-9.203. - Appeal.

Sec. 6-9.204. - Area of shallow flooding.

Sec. 6-9.205. - Area of special flood hazard.

Sec. 6-9.206. - Base flood.

Sec. 6-9.207. - Basement.

Sec. 6-9.208. - Breakaway walls.

Sec. 6-9.209. - Building.

Sec. 6-9.210. - Council.

Sec. 6-9.211. - Development.

Sec. 6-9.212. - Encroachment.

Sec. 6-9.213. - Existing manufactured home park or subdivision.

Sec. 6-9.214. - Expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision.

Sec. 6-9.215. - Flood, flooding, or flood water.

Sec. 6-9.216. - Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM).

Sec. 6-9.217. - Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM).

Sec. 6-9.218. - Flood hazard zone.

Sec. 6-9.219. - Flood Insurance Rate Map (FLRM).

Sec. 6-9.220. - Flood Insurance Study.

Sec. 6-9.221. - Floodplain or flood-prone area.

Sec. 6-9.222. - Floodplain Administrator.

Sec. 6-9.223. - Floodplain management.

Sec. 6-9.224. - Floodplain management regulations.

Sec. 6-9.225. - Floodproofing.

Sec. 6-9.226. - Floodway.

Sec. 6-9.227. - Floodway encroachment lines.

Sec. 6-9.228. - Floodway fringe.

Sec. 6-9.229. - Fraud and victimization.

Sec. 6-9.230. - Hardship.

Sec. 6-9.231. - Highest adjacent grade.

Sec. 6-9.232. - Historic structure.

Sec. 6-9.233. - Levee.

Sec. 6-9.234. - Levee system.

Sec. 6-9.235. - Lowest floor.

Sec. 6-9.236. - Manufactured home.

Sec. 6-9.237. - Manufactured home park or subdivision.

Sec. 6-9.238. - Mean sea level.

Sec. 6-9.239. - Moderate hazard area.

Sec. 6-9.240. - New construction.

Sec. 6-9.241. - New manufactured home park or subdivision.

Sec. 6-9.242. - Non-urban or not urbanizing area.

Sec. 6-9.243. - Obstruction.

Sec. 6-9.244. - One hundred-year flood.

Sec. 6-9.245. - Public safety and nuisance.

Sec. 6-9.246. - Recreational vehicle.

Sec. 6-9.247. - Regulatory floodway.

Sec. 6-9.248. - Riverine.

Sec. 6-9.249. - Sheet flow area.

Sec. 6-9.250. - Special flood hazard area (SFHA).

Sec. 6-9.251. - Start of construction.

Sec. 6-9.252. - Structure.

Sec. 6-9.253. - Substantial damage.

Sec. 6-9.254. - Substantial improvement.

Sec. 6-9-255. - Urban area.

Sec. 6-9-256. - Urban level of flood protection.

Sec. 6-9-257. - Urbanizing area.

Sec. 6-9.258. - Variance.

Sec. 6-9.259. - Violation.

Sec. 6-9.260. - Water surface elevation.

Sec. 6-9.261. - Watercourse.

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