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FILLING OR SERVICE STATION: Means the same as "Automobile Service Station." FLOOD OR FLOODING: Means a general or temporary condition of partial or compete inundation of normally dry land areas from: a) the overflow of inland waters and/or b) the unusual and rapid accumulation of mn-olf of surface water fi-om any source. FLOODWAY: Means the channel of a river or other water course 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 tenth of a foot. FLOODWAY FRINGE: Means that area of the flood plain subject to inundation by the regulatory or base flood but located outside the floodway. FLOOD PLAIN: Means that area subject to inundation by the regulatory or base flood but for which the flood way, fringe delineaflon's have not been provided. GARAGE, PRIVATE: An accessory building for storage of residential vehicles. GARAGE, AUTOMBILE REPAIR: A building other than a public or private garage, used for the care, repair, or equipment of automobiles. GARAGE, PUBLIC: Any garage, other than a private garage, for the parking of vehicles. GARAGE, TRUCK REPAIR: A building, other than a public or private garage, used for the care, repair, or equipment of trucks over one ton, or, when such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale. GREATER ZONING CLASSIFICATION: Any zoning classification with a lower density. GROUND FLOOR AREA: The square floor area of a residential building within its largest outside dimensions computed on a horizontal plane at the ground level, exclusive of open porches, breezeways, terraces, garages, carports, and exterior stairways. In the case of a bi-level type structure where the level above the grade line contains complete living facilities including living, cooking and sleeping areas, that level may be used to compute the ground floor area. HARDSHIP: A perceived difficulty with regard to one's ability to improve land stemming fi-om the application of the development standards of this ordinance, which may or may not be subject to relief by means of variance. In and of themselves, self- imposed situations and claims based on a perceived reduction of or restriction on economic gain shall not be considered hardships. Self-imposed situations include: the purchase of land with actual or constructive knowledge that, for reasons other than physical characteristics of the property, the development standards herein will inhibit the desired improvement; any improvement initiated in violation of the standards of this ordinance; any result of land division requiting variance fi-om the development standards of this ordinance in order to render that site buildable.