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osts and piers), she walls aplel to the flow of water <br />and_, u adecruately anchored so as _ not to impair the <br />structural inte r't of the building during a flood un *_o the <br />ma5nitude of the base flood. In the case of Zones Al-A30— <br />p;E, A ` A99, A0, F"H,_ B, C1 and X.,_ "elevated building" also <br />includes a building elevated by means of fill ar solid <br />fou~ non walls with openings sufficient tv <br />faci hate the unimpeded movement of flood warmers• L the <br />case of Zones VI-V30, VB< or Vl "elevated building also <br />includes a buildi otherwise meeting the definition of <br />"elevated building" ..even is._enclosed thou( <br />by means of breakaway- walls if the breakaway walls meet the <br />standards of Article 1 Secti n 3151 of this ordinance. <br />"Existing Manufactured Home Park or Manufactured Home <br />Subdivision" means a manufactured 'home park or subdivision <br />for which the construction of facilities for servicing the <br />lots Qn, which the manufactured homes are to be affixed <br />(including, at a mi imum, the installation of ut ;lities, the <br />const uctian of streets, and either final site grading or the <br />pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective <br />date of this ordinance. <br />"Expansion to an xisting Manufactured Home Park or <br />Subdivision" means the preparation of additional sites by the <br />construction of facilities or ser icincr the lots on which <br />the manufactured homes are to be affixed 1- including the' <br />installation of utilities the construction of street and <br />either final site grading or the po ring of concrete slabs. <br />"Flood" or "Flooding" means a genera and temporary condition <br />of ary viol 2Z- comnlere inundation of normally- dry ,l� areas <br />from: <br />the overflow of inland , or tidal watera-L a ^.d <br />jZj the unusual and raL,id accumulation of runoff of <br />surface waters from any source. <br />"Flood Hazard Soundar Map (FHBM ) " means on official :gap Of a <br />com--nunity issued bX thg Federal Emergency Management AcTencv- <br />_, <br />where the boundaries of the areas of sperm l -food hazard <br />have been define as Zone A. <br />of insurance Rate ap Fl ?R)" means an official ;map of a <br />communitv,L A which the Federal Emergencv Manacemer... Agency- <br />ho_s delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and the <br />risk premium zones applicable to the community. <br />"Flood insurance Study-" is the official report provided by <br />the Federal Emergency Management Ages The report contains <br />flood profiles, as well as the Flood Boundary Floodway Nap <br />and the water surface elevation of the base flood. <br />16rloodwav" means e c annel 2f a river o= o� watercourse <br />a o t <br />° <br />e ad�ae t and areLl _ must be es <br />and _ <br />discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the <br />water surface elevation more than one foot. <br />