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05/12/2005 <br />29 <br />movement. <br />I Manufactured homes shall be securely anchored to an adequately anchored foundation <br />to resist pfefen #flotation, collapse, or lateral movement according to the State of <br />North Carolina Regulations for Manufactured/Mobile Homes, 1995 Edition, and <br />any revision thereto adopted by the Commissioner of Insurance pursuant to NCGS <br />U43-143.15 or a certified engineered foundation. Additionally, when the elevation <br />would be met by an elevation of the chassis thirty -six (36) inches or less above the grade <br />at the site, reinforced piers or other foundation elements of at least equivalent strength <br />shall support the chassis. When the elevation of the chassis is above thirty-six (36) <br />inches in height, an engineering certification is required. <br />e. All foundation enclosures or skirting shall be according to Section 42 -52. <br />f. An evacuation plan must be developed for evacuation of all residents of all new, <br />substantially improved or substantially damaged manufactured home parks or <br />subdivisions located within flood prone areas. This plan shall be filed with and approved <br />by the Floodplain Administrator and the local Emergency Management coordinator. <br />4. Recreational Vehicles. ' eff ----eels °_ <br />a a h ei +Iy Recreation vehicles placed on sites <br />within a SFHA shall either: <br />a. Be on site for fewer than 180 consecutive days and be fully licensed and ready for <br />highway use (a recreational vehicle is ready for highway use if it is on its wheels or <br />iacking system, is attached to the site only by quick disconnect type utilities, and has <br />no permanently attached additions); or <br />b. Meet all the requirements for new construction, including anchoring and elevation <br />requirements of Section 42 -68 and 42 -91 and subsection (3) of this section. <br />5. Elevated Buildings. New construction or substantial improvements of elevated buildings that <br />include fully enclosed areas that are below the regulatory flood protection elevation shall <br />not be designed to be used for human habitation, but shall be designated to be used only <br />for parking of vehicles, building access, or limited storage of maintenance equipment <br />used in connection with the premises, be constructed entirely of flood resistant <br />materials below the regulatory flood protection level in A, AO, AE, and Al -30 zones <br />and meet the following design criteria: b solely- the '"ng of veWe es bull <br />aeeess or- .�uvl flooding shall <br />designated to preelude finished li�v� spaee and be designed to autematieally equalize <br />b <br />a. Measures for complying with this requirement shall be designed to automatically <br />equalize hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls by allowing for the entry and exit <br />of floodwaters To meet this requirement, the foundation must either be certified by <br />a North Carolina licensed Professional Engineer or Architect or meet the following <br />minimum design criteria: <br />_ <br />osc: i f:.,tzxar �t.C. a .' <br />