ZONING BYLAW - Town of Charlton

2.2 Flood Plain
Area of Special Flood Hazard: The land in the flood plain subject to a one percent or greater
chance of flooding in any given year.
Base Flood: The flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given
year.
Development: Any human made or caused change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading,
paving excavation or drilling operations located within the special flood hazard.
Flood or Flooding: A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of
normally dry land area from:
1) The overflow of inland water and/or
2) The unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source.
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM): The official map on which the Federal Insurance
Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones
applicable to the Town of Charlton.
Flood Insurance Study: The official report provided in which the Federal Insurance
Administration has provided flood profiles, as well as the Flood Boundary-Floodway Map and
the water surface elevation of the base flood.
Floodway: The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be
reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface
elevation more than one foot.
New Construction: Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the
effective date of the establishment of the Flood Plain District provisions contained in Section 6
of this Bylaw.
SECTION 3 - USE AND INTENSITY REGULATIONS
3.1 Zoning Districts
3.1.1 Establishment
The Town of Charlton is hereby divided into the following zoning districts.
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