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National Flood Insurance Program -The Federal program authorized by 42 United States Code 4001 et seq., making available flood insurance protection to property owners in flood prone areas, which availability is conditioned on the community's adoption and enforcement of flood plain management regulations meeting the minimum criteria set forth in the statute and the regulations.

Native Tree -Tree species indigenous to the area of Central Kentucky or more specifically, to the Jefferson County area.

Native Plant Community -An indigenous association of plants identified by one or more prominent species or a characteristic physical attribute.

Net acre -The total area of a development site excluding jurisdictional wetlands, slopes over 20%, and conveyance zones. (This definition is only applicable in the PVD District.)

Noise Sensitive Community Facilities -Uses generally attracting groups of people, that would be disrupted or substantially impaired by high noise levels. Noise sensitive community facilities include but are not limited to hospitals, schools and libraries.

Nonconformity (or Nonconforming) -An activity or a building, structure or a portion thereof which lawfully existed before the adoption or amendment of the zoning regulation, but which does not conform to all of the regulations contained in the zoning regulation which pertain to the zone in which it is located.

Non-Emergency Generator - A power generator used to provide supplemental power to a user requiring additional and/or sustainable power not normally available to the user from the local public utility. This type of generator does not include those used for emergency situations such as a loss of power due to unforeseen circumstances.

Non-Metropolitan Area - All the area within Jefferson County, Kentucky not described as a Metropolitan area.

Normal High Water Elevation -The landward edge of any natural surface water body during normal hydrological conditions.

Nursery School and/ or Kindergarten -Any place where children between the ages of two and five years come together for not less than two hours a day and not more than six hours, and wherein a supervised education is offered.

Nursing Home -Any institution, however named, maintained for the care or treatment of two or more individuals unrelated to the owner or operator or their spouses, employing nursing services or procedures in the care for such residents, that require treatment, judgment, technical knowledge, and skills beyond that which the untrained person possesses, where there are more than five persons who are not related to any other resident by blood, legal adoption or marriage.