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<br />Manufactured home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a
<br />permanent chassis and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation when connected to
<br />the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle" or any
<br />structure construction to North Carolina Building Code requirements.
<br />Manufactured home park or subdivision means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided
<br />into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.
<br />Market Value means the building value, excluding the land, (as agreed to between a willing
<br />buyer and seller), as established by what the local real estate market will bear. An independent
<br />certified appraisal can establish a market value using; replacement cost depreciated by age of
<br />building (Actual Cash Value) or adiusted assessed values.
<br />Mean sea level means the - average height of the sea -for- al stages of the tide. Otis- used
<br />r-ef6Feeee level for establishing various elevations NN4thia the fleedplain. For- pur-peses ef this ,
<br />the teFm is - synenymeus with Natieaa4 Geedetie Vertiau -D, for purposes of the NFIP, the
<br />National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) as corrected in 1929, the North American Vertical Datum
<br />(NAVD) as corrected in 1988, or other vertical control datum used as a reference for establishing
<br />varying elevations within the floodplain, to which BFE's shown on a FIRM are
<br />referenced. Refer to each FIRM panel to determine datum used.
<br />New construction means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after
<br />March 16, 1981 and includes any subsequent
<br />improvements to such structures.
<br />Nonconforming building or development means any legally existing building or development,
<br />which fails to comply with the current provisions of this Ordinance.
<br />Non Encroachment area means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the
<br />adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without
<br />cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one (1) foot as designated in the
<br />Flood Insurance Study report.
<br />Obstruction includes, but is not limited to, any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike,
<br />pile, abutment, protection, excavation, channelization, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire,
<br />fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, structure, vegetation or other material in, along, across, or
<br />projecting into any watercourse, which may alter, impede, retard, or change the direction and/or
<br />velocity of the flow of water, or due to its location, its propensity to snare or collect debris carried
<br />by the flow of water, or its likelihood of being carried downstream.
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