Arizona Laws 48-3601. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-3601
- base flood: means a flood that has a one per cent chance of being equalled or exceeded in a one year period, based on the criteria established by the director of water resources. See Arizona Laws 48-3601
- Board: means the board of directors of a flood control district organized under this article. See Arizona Laws 48-3601
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- District: means a flood control district organized pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 48-3601
- Floodplain: means any areas in a watercourse which have been or may be covered partially or wholly by floodwater from the one hundred-year flood. See Arizona Laws 48-3601
- Floodway: means the area of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas necessary in order to discharge the one hundred-year flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot. See Arizona Laws 48-3601
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Watercourse: means a lake, river, creek, stream, wash, arroyo, channel or other topographic feature on or over which waters flow at least periodically. See Arizona Laws 48-3601
1. "Area of jurisdiction" means the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county, including public lands, excluding those incorporated areas of cities or towns which have elected to assume floodplain management powers and duties pursuant to section 48-3610.
2. "Board" means the board of directors of a flood control district organized under this article.
3. "Development" means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials.
4. "District" means a flood control district organized pursuant to this article.
5. "Flood" or "floodwaters" means a temporary rise in water level including groundwater or overflow of water onto lands not normally covered by water.
6. "Floodplain" means any areas in a watercourse which have been or may be covered partially or wholly by floodwater from the one hundred-year flood.
7. "Floodplain regulations" means the codes, ordinances and other regulations adopted pursuant to this article relating to the use of land and construction within the floodway and floodplain areas.
8. "Floodway" means the area of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas necessary in order to discharge the one hundred-year flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.
9. "One hundred-year flood" or "base flood" means a flood that has a one per cent chance of being equalled or exceeded in a one year period, based on the criteria established by the director of water resources.
10. "Person" means an individual or the individual’s agent, a firm, partnership, association or corporation, or an agent of the aforementioned groups, or this state or its agencies or political subdivisions.
11. "Regulatory flood elevation" means the elevation which is one foot above the base flood elevation for a watercourse for which the base flood elevation has been determined and shall be as determined by the criteria developed by the director of water resources for all other watercourses.
12. "Watercourse" means a lake, river, creek, stream, wash, arroyo, channel or other topographic feature on or over which waters flow at least periodically. Watercourse includes specifically designated areas in which substantial flood damage may occur.