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vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a base- <br />ment area, is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided <br />that such enclosure is not built sa as to render the structure in <br />violation of the applicable non-elevation design requirements. <br />Manufactured home. As used in sections 9.602 to 9.607, a <br />structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built <br />on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a <br />permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. For <br />floodplain management purposes the term "manufactured home" also <br />includes park trai 1 ers, travel trai 1 ers, and other simi 1 ar vehicles <br />placed on a site far greater than I80 consecutive days. For insur- <br />ance purposes the term "manufactured home" does not include park <br />traders, travel traders, and other similar vehicles. <br />,Manufactured home ark or subdivision, existin , As used in <br />sections 9.602 to 9.601, a parcel for contiguous parcels} of land <br />divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent ar sale. <br />Mobile home. A vehicle or structure that ~1} is identified as <br />a mobile home by the manufacturer, ~2} bears a state mobile home <br />insignia, ~3} is constructed for movement on public roads and hi h- <br />ways, 4 has slee in co ~ ~ • ~ g <br />~ } p g, ok~ng, and plumbing fac~l~ties, 5 ~s <br />~} <br />intended for human occupancy, and ~6} is intended for residential <br />use. <br />shallow floodin area. As used in sections 9.642 tv 9.607 <br />a designated A4 or AH zone on the Flood Insurance Rate Ma FIRM . <br />p~ } <br />The base flood depths range from one to three feet; a clearl de- <br />fined channel does not ' <br />exist; the path of flooding is unpredictable <br />and indeterminate; and, velocity flow may be evident. AO is char- <br />acterized as sheet flow and AH indicates pOnding. <br />S ecial flood hazard area. As used in sections 9.602 to <br />9.601, the land in the flood plain within a community sub'ect to a <br />one ercent or re ~ <br />p g ater change of flooding in any given year. De- <br />s~gnat~an on maps always includes the letters A or v. <br />Start of construction. As used in sections 9.602 to 9,607 <br />includes substantial improvement, and means the date the buildin <br />permit was issued rovided g <br />p the actual start of construction, re- <br />pa~r, reconstruction, placement, or other improvement was within <br />180 days of the permit date. The actual start means either the <br />first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site <br />such as the pouring of slabs or footings, the installation of <br />piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the sta e <br />of excavation• ar the 1 g <br />s p acement of a manufactured home an a foun- <br />dation. Permanent construction does not include land re oration <br />such as clearin p p ' <br />g, grading and filling, nor does it include the <br />installation of streets and/or walkways; excavation far a basement <br />footings, piers or foundations, or the erection of tem arar forms• <br />nor the install ~ p, y ' <br />anon an the property of accessory bu~ld7ngs, such <br />as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not as part <br />of the main structure. <br />Ordinance - 2 <br />