Section 62S-7.010 - Definitions(1) "Area at risk due to sea level rise" is as defined in Section 380.0937(1)(a), F.S.(2) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.(3) "Expected life" means the time when an element is supposed to function within its specified parameters; in other words, the life expectancy of the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure or project.(4) "Flood depth" is the water level measured in feet above the ground at the project location.(5) "Inundation" is defined as the complete submergence of the ground, a structure, or infrastructure, to water.(6) "Level of service" means an indicator of the extent or degree of service provided by, or proposed to be provided by, a potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure based on and related to the operational characteristics of the asset such as the functional capacity per unit of demand.(7) "Potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure" is as defined in Section 380.0937(1)(c), F.S.(8) "Public entity" is as defined in Section 380.0937(1)(d), F.S.(9) "Significant flood damage" is as defined in Section 380.0937(1)(e), F.S. For potentially at-risk structures or infrastructure for which replacement cost is not an appropriate metric, this term includes: (a) Damage that affects functionality of the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure due to a flood event or successive flooding events resulting in perpetual inundation occurring over a two-month period. For the purposes of determining an estimated probability of significant flood damage, this means inundation of two feet above the lowest point of a perpendicular transect of the potentially at-risk structure or infrastructure; or(b) Damage that causes a reduction in the level of service below the minimum level of service identified in a local government's concurrency standards required by Section 163.3180(1), F.S.(10) "SLIP study" is as defined in Section 380.0937(1)(f), F.S.(11) "State-financed constructor" is as defined in Section 380.0937(1)(g), F.S.(12) "Vertical construction" means the new construction of any building, structure or other improvement that is predominantly vertical, including, without limitation, a building, structure or improvement for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind, and any improvement appurtenant thereto.Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62S-7.010
Rulemaking Authority 380.0937(6) FS. Law Implemented 380.0937, 161.3180(1) FS.
Adopted by Florida Register Volume 47, Number 115, June 15, 2021 effective 7/1/2021, Amended by Florida Register Volume 50, Number 105, May 29, 2024 effective 7/1/2024.