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<br />floor provided that such an enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the
<br />applicable non - elevation design requirements of this Ordinance.
<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 buyer
<br />and seller), as established by what the local real estate market . will bear. An independent certified
<br />appraisal can establish a market value using; replacement cost depreciated by age of building (Actual
<br />Cash Value) or adjusted assessed values.
<br />Mean sea level means, for purposes of the NFIP, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD)
<br />as corrected in 1929, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) as corrected in 1988, or other
<br />vertical control datum used as a reference for establishing varying elevations within the floodplain, to
<br />which BFE's shown on a FIRM are 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 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 adjacent land
<br />areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the
<br />water surface elevation more than one (1) foot as designated in the Flood Insurance Study report.
<br />Obstruction includes, but is not limited to, any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile,
<br />abutment, protection, excavation, channelization, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock,
<br />gravel, refuse, fill, structure, vegetation • or other material in, along, across, or projecting into any
<br />watercourse, which may alter, impede, retard, or change the direction and/or velocity of the flow of
<br />water, or due to its location, its propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of water, or its
<br />likelihood of being carried downstream.
<br />Post -FIRM means construction or other development, which started on or after March 16, 1981.
<br />Pre -FIRM means construction or other development, which started before March 16, 1981.
<br />Public safety and /or nuisance means anything, which is injurious to the safety or health of an
<br />entire Orange County or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, or unlawfully obstructs
<br />the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any navigable lake, or river, bay, stream, canal, or
<br />basin.
<br />Recreational vehicle (RV) means a vehicle, which is built on a single chassis, 400 square feet or
<br />less when measured at the largest horizontal projection, designed to be self - propelled or permanently
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