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I <br /> Existing <br /> - 5.3 <br /> storage in an area other than a basement area is not considered a building's lowest floor provided <br /> that such an enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable <br /> non-elevation design requirements of this ordinance. <br /> "Manufactured Home" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built <br /> on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when <br /> connected to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a <br /> "recreational vehicle". <br /> "Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision" means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land <br /> divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale. <br /> "Mean Sea Level" means the average height of the sea for all stages of the tide. It is used as <br /> a reference for establishing various elevations within the floodplain. For purposes of this <br /> ordinance, the term is synonymous with National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD). <br /> "National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD)" as corrected in 1929 is a vertical control used as <br /> a reference for establishing varying elevations within the floodplain. <br /> "New Construction" means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or <br /> after the effective date of this ordinance and includes any subsequent improvements to such <br /> structures. <br /> "New Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision" means a manufactured home park or <br /> subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the <br /> manufactured homes are to be affixed (including at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the <br /> construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete slabs) is <br /> completed on or after the effective date of this ordinance. <br /> "Non-Conforming Building or Use" means any legally existing building or use which fails to <br /> comply with the provisions of the ordinance. <br /> "Recreational Vehicle" means a vehicle which is: (a) built on a single chassis; (b) 400 square <br /> feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; (c) designed to be self-propelled <br /> or permanently towable by a light duty truck; and, (d) designed primarily not for use as a <br /> permanent dwelling, but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or <br /> seasonal use. <br /> "Remedy A Violation" means to bring the structure or other development into compliance with <br /> State or local floodplain management regulations, or, if this is not possible, to reduce the <br /> impacts of its non-compliance. Ways that impacts may be reduced include protecting the <br /> structure or other affected development from flood damages, implementing the enforcement <br /> provisions of the ordinance or otherwise deterring future similar violations, or reducing Federal <br /> financial exposure with regard to the structure or other development. <br /> "Start of Construction" (for other than new construction or substantial improvements under the <br /> Coastal Barrier Resources Act (Public Law 97-348)), includes substantial improvement, and <br /> means the date the building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, <br />