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Regulatory Floodway means 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 a designated height. Repetitive Loss means flood - related damages sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during year period ending on the date of the event for which the second claim is made for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equaled or exceeded 25% of the market value of the structure before the damages occurred. Riverine means relating to formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, brook, etc. Special Flood Hazard Area § HA) (see Area of Special Flood Hazard) means an area having special flood hazard and shown on an FHBM or FIRM as Zone A, AO, AH, Al -30, AE, A99, AR, V, VE, or V 1 -30. Start of Construction means the date the building_ permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction repair, reconstruction, placement, or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. It includes substantial improvement. The actual start means the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site such as the pouring of slab or footings the installation of piles the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not .part of the main structure. For substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building. Structure means a walled and roofed building, manufactured home, or any gas or liquid storage tank that is principally above ground. Substantial Damage means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby cost of restoring the structure to its before - damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. Substantial damage also means flood - related damages sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during �10- period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds 25 percent of the market value of the structure before the damages occurred. Substantial Improvement means any repair, reconstruction, addition, or other improvement of a structure, during the life of the structure, the cumulative cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. The term does not, however, include either: