General Plan Policy Document (Adopted 7-11 ... - City of Wheatland
General Plan Policy Document (Adopted 7-11 ... - City of Wheatland
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APPENDIX A: POLICY DOCUMENT GLOSSARYFaultFederal EmergencyManagement Agency(FEMA)FloodplainFloodplainManagementFloor-Area-Ratio(FAR)Frequency<strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> AreaGoalAfaultisafractureintheEarth’scrustthatisaccompaniedbydisplacementbetweenthetwosides<strong>of</strong>thefault.Anactivefaultisdefinedasafaultthathasmovedinthelast10,000to12,000years(Holocenetime).Apotentiallyactivefaultisonethathasbeenactiveinthepast1.6millionyears(Quaternaryperiod).AsufficientlyactivefaultisonethatshowsevidencethatHolocenedisplacementoccurredononeormore<strong>of</strong>itssegmentsorbranches(Hart,1997).TheFederalagencythatregulatesfloodplainsandmanagesthenation’sfloodinsuranceprogram.Landadjacenttoastream,slough,orriverthatissubjectt<strong>of</strong>loodingorinundationfromastormevent.FEMAdefinesthefloodplaintobetheareainundatedbythe100yearflood.Theimplementation<strong>of</strong>policiesandprogramstoprotectfloodplainsandmaintainstheirfloodcontrolfunction.Theratio<strong>of</strong>thegrossbuildingsquarefootagepermittedonalottothenetsquarefootage<strong>of</strong>thelot.Forexample,onalotwith10,000netsquarefeet<strong>of</strong>landarea,anFAR<strong>of</strong>1.00willallow10,000squarefeet<strong>of</strong>grosssquarefeet<strong>of</strong>buildingfloorareatobebuilt,regardless<strong>of</strong>thenumber<strong>of</strong>storiesinthebuilding(e.g.,5,000squarefeetperfloorontw<strong>of</strong>loorsor10,000squarefeetononefloor).Onthesamelot,anFAR<strong>of</strong>0.50wouldallow5,000squarefeet<strong>of</strong>floorareaandanFAR<strong>of</strong>0.25wouldallow2,500squarefeet.How<strong>of</strong>tenaneventwilloccurexpressedbythereturnperiodorbyexceedanceprobability.Thelandwithinthecitylimitsandthatlandoutsidewhichinthe<strong>City</strong>’sjudgmentbearsrelationtoitsplanning(SeeFigure12).Theultimatepurpose<strong>of</strong>aneffortstatedinawaythatisgeneralinnatureandimmeasurable.GroundwaterBasin Agroundwaterbasinistheabovegroundareafromwhichwaterflowsorseepsintoaparticularaquiferorseries<strong>of</strong>linkedaquifers.Hazardous MaterialsAhazardousmaterialisdefinedbytheCaliforniaCode<strong>of</strong>Regulations(CCR)asasubstancethat,because<strong>of</strong>physicalorchemicalproperties,quantity,concentration,orothercharacteristics,mayeither(1)causeanincreaseinmortalityoranincreaseinserious,irreversible,orincapacitating,illness;or(2)poseasubstantialpresentorpotentialhazardtohumanhealthortheenvironmentwhenimproperlytreated,stored,transportedordisposed<strong>of</strong>(CCR,Title22,Division4.5,Chapter10,Article2,Section66260.10).<strong>Wheatland</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Document</strong> A-3July <strong>11</strong>, 2006
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