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44 <br />(2) frame ties to be provided at each corner of <br />the manufactured home with four additional <br />ties per side at intermediate points for <br />manufactured homes less than fifty feet long <br />and one additional tie for manufactured homes <br />of fifty feet or longer; <br />(3) all components of the anchoring system be <br />capable of carrying a force of 4,800 pounds; <br />and <br />(4) any additions to the manufactured home be <br />similarly anchored. <br />Other anchoring techniques specified in the FEMA's <br />manual, "Manufactured Home Installations in Flood <br />Hazard Areas" published September, 1985, may be <br />utilized in place of the methods specified in <br />subsections 4.5 (b) (1) and (2). <br />(c) Manufactured homes may be placed in the floodway <br />fringe for manufactured home parks or subdivisions <br />and for manufactured homes not placed in a <br />manufactured home park or subdivision as long as <br />the following requirements are met: <br />(1) stands or lots are elevated so that the lowest <br />floor of the manufactured home is elevated to <br />or above the base flood elevation; <br />(2) adequate'surface drainage and access for a <br />hauler are 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 <br />soil no more than 10 feet apart; and <br />(c) reinforcement is provided for pilings <br />more than 6 feet above the ground level. <br />PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: <br />ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS <br />Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in <br />this ordinance shall be interpreted so as to give them the <br />meaning they have in common usage and to give this ordinance <br />its most reasonable application. <br />"Addition ,L,t_o zn existinct building)" means any walled and <br />roofed expansion to the perimetAr of a building in which the <br />addition is connected by a common load-bearing wall other <br />