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35. "Substantial improvement" means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition to or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred "substantial damage," regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either: a. any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to accessibility and assure safe living conditions; or b. Any alteration of a "historic structure," provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a "historic structure." 36. "Watercourse" means a channel, natural depression, slough, artificial channel, gulch, arroyo, stream, creek, pond, reservoir, or lake in which storm runoff and floodwater flows either regularly or infrequently. This includes major drainageways for carrying urban storm runoff. 17.56.020 Statutory authorization. The ordinance codified in this chapter for flood prevention and control is adopted pursuant to the authority contained in section 31-23- 301, Colorado Revised Statutes of 1973, as amended. 17.56.030 Findings. The city council finds that there are within the city floodplains which constitute natural hazards of state and local interest, that flooding may cause serious damage to properties and subject residents of such areas to hazards, that the occupation of such areas may cause the loss of human life and the destruction of property, and that the imprudent use and occupation of these areas will pose a continuing and greater future danger to life and property unless appropriate regulations are adopted concerning the use and occupation of such hazards. 7