Mean Sea Level definition

Mean Sea Level means the average height of the sea for all stages of the tide. It is used as a reference for establishing various elevations within the floodplain. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the term is synonymous with the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988, or other datum, to which Base Flood Elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.
Mean Sea Level means, for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.
Mean Sea Level means, for purposes of this ordinance, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) as corrected in 1929, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) as corrected in 1988, or other vertical control datum used as a reference for establishing varying elevations within the floodplain, to which Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) shown on a FIRM are referenced. Refer to each FIRM panel to determine datum used.

Examples of Mean Sea Level in a sentence

  • The water level gauge should be connected to an established bench mark (30 cm x 30 cm RCC pillar with 30 cm height above ground level) to be erected in the vicinity (within 5 km of the dredging site) by the Contractor, which should be having Reduced Level (RL) with respect to Mean Sea Level (MSL) and Geo Co-ordinates.

  • OCCUPYING on a horizontal plane at an elevation of 67 feet 0 inches above Mean Sea Level (U.S.C.G.S.-1929 Datum) an area of 256 square feet (0.00588 Acre).

  • The real property owned by TVWD and Wilsonville upon which the Lower Plant is situated could accommodate a second water treatment plant (Upper Plant) but it would be at a higher outlet Mean Sea Level elevation than the Lower Plant.

  • Note that the parameter for upload is ‘Water Level – Relative’ as the values are not absolute or compared to a recognized vertical datum, such as Mean Sea Level or NAVD88.

  • OCCUPYING on a horizontal plane at an elevation of 104 feet 0 inches above Mean Sea Level (U.S.C.G.S. - 1929 Datum) an area of 1838.7 square feet (.04221 Acre).


More Definitions of Mean Sea Level

Mean Sea Level means, for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of l929, the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.
Mean Sea Level means the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.
Mean Sea Level means the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988, or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community’s Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.
Mean Sea Level means for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the vertical datum to which Base Flood Elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.
Mean Sea Level. (MSL) means, for the purposes of the NFIP, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community’s FIRM are referenced.
Mean Sea Level means the average height of the sea for all stages of the tide. It is used as a reference for establishing various elevations within the floodplain. For purposes of this ordinance, the term is synonymous with National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD).
Mean Sea Level means, for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.