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nr. . . <br /> • <br /> RECOHNENDED RESPONSE TO CHAT:;ES IN NATIONAL FLOOD II1SCRM CF PROGRAM <br /> FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT CRITERIA - 06 <br /> PAGE 3 <br /> footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns: <br /> or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a <br /> manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does <br /> not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and <br /> filling; nor does it include the installation -of streets and/or- <br /> walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basements footings, <br /> piers. or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does <br /> it include the installation on the property of accessory buil4-- <br /> ings. such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units car <br /> not part of the main structure. - <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE <br /> • <br /> ARTICLE 4. SECTION 4.5 }IOBILE HOMES _ <br /> (a) On the effective date of this ordinance. no mobile home shall <br /> thereafter be placed in a floodway. to an existing mobile -- <br /> home park or existing mobile home subdivision, a mobile home <br /> removed may be replaced at the same location. <br /> (b) All mobile homes located in the floodway after the adoption <br /> of this ordinance shall be elevated and anchored to resist <br /> flotation. collapse, or lateral movement by providing over-- <br /> the-top or frame ties to ground anchors or other acceptable <br /> anchoring techniques. <br /> Specific requirements shall be that:= <br /> (1) over-the-top ties be provided at each end of the mobile <br /> home, with one additional tie per side at an - inter- <br /> mediate location on mobile homes of less than fifty feet <br /> and one additional tie per side for mobile homes - of <br /> fifty feet or more; <br /> (2) frame ties be provided at each corner of the mobile home <br /> with four additional ties per side at intermediate: <br /> points for mobile homes less than fifty feet long and <br /> one additional tie for mobile horses of fifty feet or <br /> longer; <br /> • <br /> (3) all components of the anchoring system be capable of <br /> carrying a force of 4.800 pounds; and <br /> (4) any additions to the mobile home be similarly anchored.. <br /> Other anchoring techniques specified in the FEMA's manual. <br /> "Manufactured Home Installations in Flood Hazard Areas", <br /> published September, 1985, may be utilized in place of the <br /> methods specified in subsections 4.5 (b) (1) and (2) . <br /> (c) Mobile homes may be permitted in the floodway fringe for new <br /> mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions; for expam- <br />