1-H.__Building.__"Building" means a roofed structure designed for habitation, shelter, storage or use as a gathering place.__For the purposes of this article a foundation is considered to be a part of a building. A building may also include a porch attached to the exterior walls of the building.

1-I.__Building's value.__"Building's value" means:

A.__The assessed value of a building as established by the municipality where the building is located and adjusted by the State's certified ratio as applied to the municipality on the date that the application for a permit is accepted for processing by the department or, if the application is received after the work to the building has begun, the date the work was started; or

B.__The appraised value of a building as established by an appraised market value assessment completed by a certified appraiser chosen by the State within 5 years prior to the date that the application for a permit is accepted for processing by the department or, if the application for a permit is received after the work to the building has begun, the date the work was started.

1-J.__Closed fence.__"Closed fence" means a fence that effectively blocks the movement of wind, water or sand.

1-K.__Development.__"Development" means the alteration of property for human use, including, but not limited to, the creation or alternation of buildings, decks, driveways, parking areas, lawns, landscaped areas, areas of nonnative vegetation and any other appurtenant facilities, but excluding temporary structures.

1-L.__ Dune grass.__"Dune grass" means a grass species native to coastal sand dune systems with the scientific name Ammophila breviligulata and commonly referred to as American beach grass.

1-M.__ Dune restoration.__"Dune restoration" means restoration of a natural or artificially constructed dune through the addition of sand and planting of dune vegetation.

1-N.__ Dune vegetation.__"Dune vegetation" means a natural dune plant community, including, but not limited to, dune grass, rugosa rose, bayberry, beach pea, beach heather and pitch pine.