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RECOMMENDED RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN NATIONAL FLOOD INSURAMCE PROGRAM <br /> FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT CRITERIA <br /> PAGE 5 ( 6 L <br /> • <br /> (4) any additions to the miriufar urea home be similarly <br /> anchored. <br /> Other anchoring techniques specified in the FEtA`s manual. <br /> "Manufactured Some 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 C2) . <br /> (c) J anufactured homes may be placed in the floodway fringe for <br /> j actured home parks ox subdivisions and 'far 7�s�npfascturd <br /> homes not placed in a ��nufactur _.p. r _o subd_ivi si irr <br /> ' as long as the following requirements are met: <br /> (1) stands or lots are elevated so that the lowest floor of <br /> the panufactured home is elevated to or above the base <br /> flood elevation; <br /> (2) adequate surface drainage and access for a hauler are <br /> provided; and <br /> (3) in the instance of elevation on pilings: - <br /> (a) lots are large enough to permit steps; <br /> (b) piling foundations are placed In stable soil no <br /> more than 10 feet apart; ands . - <br /> (c) reinforcement is provided for pilings more than G <br /> feet above the ground level. - <br /> 2. revisions c99cerning Mechanical and_u <br /> The existing requirement that mechanical and utility equipment be <br /> elevated above the base flood elevation or floodproofed must be <br /> supplemented further by requiring that the equipment be protected <br /> from water entering or accumulating in equipment during flooding_ <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE _ <br /> ARTICLE 4 SECTION 4.3 <br /> CONSTRUCTIPN WITHIN FLOODWAY AND FLOC flW _FIt7V ..P.F 2IC .`ED <br /> (c) No new non-residential structure may be constructed and no <br /> substantial improvement of a non-residential structure may <br /> take place within any floodway fringe unless the lowest floor <br /> (including basement) of the structure or improvement is <br /> elevated above the base flood elevation or floodproored so <br /> that below the base flood level the structure, together with <br /> attendant utility and sanitary facilities, is water tight. <br /> with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water <br /> and with structural components having the capability of <br />