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_RE.CONNENDED RESPONSE TO CFiAI.. DES IN NATIONAL FLOOD Ii1SP.RA ICE PROGRAM <br /> FLOODPLAIN NANAGEEIENT CRITERIA 081 93 <br /> PAGE 3 <br /> • <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 basement, footings, <br /> piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does <br /> it include the installation on the property of accessory build- <br /> ings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or <br /> not part of the main structure. . <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE <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. Zn an exipting 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 cv4r-- <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 pobil e <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 hone <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 homes of fifty feet or <br /> longer; <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 dome 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 expan-- <br /> • <br />