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RECOmNENDED RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE: PROGRAtr <br /> y F]IOODPLAIN MAt1AGEI;ENT CRITERIA 9 5 <br /> PAGE 5 089 <br /> (4) any additions to the Dapufpcturod home be similarly <br /> anchored. <br /> Other anchoring techniques specified in the FEtA's manual, <br /> "Manufactured Home Installations in Flood Hazard Areas" <br /> published September. 1955, may be utilized in place of the <br /> methods specified in subsections 4.5 (b) (1) and (2) . <br /> (c) Manufactured homes may be placed in the floodway fringe for <br /> In u acfures1 home parks pr subdivisimg and for panpjpctu Lod, <br /> homes not placed in a manufacta j, Iip a park or • ; • <br /> ' as long as the following requirements are met: <br /> (1) stands or lots are elevated so that the lowest floor of <br /> the manufactured home is elevated to or above the base <br /> flood elevation; <br /> (2) adequate surface drainage and access for a hauler axe <br /> . provided; and <br /> - <br /> (3) in the instance of elevation on pilings: - <br /> (a) lots are large enough to permit steps; <br /> • <br /> (b) piling foundations are placed in stable 'soil so <br /> more than 10 feet apart; and. . <br /> (c) reinforcement is provided for pilings more than C <br /> feet above the ground level. <br /> 2. • - - • . 4 . 1 - ! - 1 _ - . ! t1 1_itr Equ ipVPn t <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 /> CONSTRUCTION WITHIN FLOODWAY AND FLOODIS d F' B M: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 floodproofed 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 imperneable to the passage of water <br /> and with structural components having the capability of <br />