{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-28-104.9.1","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 28-104.9.1","heading":"§ 28-104.9.1 Definitions.","body":"As used in section 28-104.9 the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n\nCOASTAL EROSION HAZARD AREAS. Areas of land as identified on the final map issued by the New York state department of environmental conservation in accordance with section 34-0104 of the New York state environmental conservation law;\n\nCOASTAL SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS. Areas of land as identified on the flood insurance rate maps referenced in New York city building code section G402 of appendix G pursuant to article 36 of the New York state environmental conservation law.\n\nCOASTAL ZONES AND WATER-SENSITIVE INLAND ZONES. Areas of land comprising tidal wetlands, freshwater wetlands, coastal erosion hazard areas, coastal special flood hazard areas or rivervine and other inland special flood hazard areas.\n\nFRESHWATER WETLANDS. Areas of land as identified on the final map issued by the New York state department of environmental conservation in accordance with section 24-0301 of the New York state environmental conservation law, as well as any adjacent areas as such term is defined in section 662.1 of title 6 of the New York code of rules and regulations.\n\nRIVERVINE AND OTHER INLAND SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS. Areas of land, including floodways, as identified on the flood insurance rate maps referenced in section G402 of the New York city building code pursuant to article 36 of the New York state environmental conservation law.\n\nSTRUCTURE. Any object constructed, installed or placed in, on or under land or water, including, but not limited to, a building, permanent shed, deck, in-ground or aboveground swimming pool, garage, mobile home, paving, road, public utility service distribution, transmission and collection system, storage tank, pier, dock, wharf, groin, jetty, seawall, revetment, bulkhead or breakwater.\n\nTIDAL WETLANDS. Areas of land as identified on the tidal wetland inventory issued by the New York state department of environmental conservation in accordance with section 25-0201 of the New York state environmental conservation law, as well as any adjacent areas as such term is defined in section 661.4 of title 6 of the New York code of rules and regulations;","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 28","Chapter 1: Administration"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"ef05c7f5d794470e6c11b550b2014c2108b6134af240172fc722934c9cc13078","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-28-104.9","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-28-104.9.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}