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(,posts and piers, shear walls para_1_lel to the flow of water and L1 adequately anchored so as not to impair the structural integrity of the buildin durin_cT a flood R2 to the ma nitude of the base lood. In the case of Zones Al -P.30 AE, A, A99, Ao, P.H,_ B� C and X, "elevated building" also includes a building elevated by means of fill or solid foundation verimeter walls with openings sufficient to Lacilitate the unimpeded movement of flood waters. In the case 21 Zones V1 -V30, V.EL or V,_ "elevated building" also includes a building otherwise meetin the definition of "elevated building L even thou h the area below_ s, enclosed by means of breakaway walls if the breakaway walls meet the standards of Article 5L Section B(5) of this ordinance. "Existin Manufactured Home P-ark or Manufactured Home Subdivision" means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots an whit h the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or tre pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of this ordinance. "Expansion to an Existing Manufactured Home ?ark or Subdivision" means the preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities fro servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed Lincluding the- instal ation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete slabs. "Flood" ox "Flooding" means a general and temnorary condition of partial 22-: comnlete inundation of normally dry land areas from: (), the overflow of inland,or tidal watersi a^d� u the unusual and rarid accumulation o; runoff of surface waters from any source. "Flood Hazard Boundary Man (FHBnM " means an _ official :pan of a community, issue by thg Federal Emergency Management Agency where the bounds1ries 1 the areas of special flood hazard have been defi as _ Zone A. "Flood insurance ate Mara (FIRM)" means zn official map of ? community, on which the Federa Emergency Management Agency has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and the risk premium zones applicable to the community. "Flood Insurance Stud y•" is the official report nro� idea by the Federal 'Emergency_ Management Agency. The report contains flood profiles, as well as the Flood Boundary Floodway Map and the water surface elevation of the base flood. "Floodway" means the channel of a fiver or other watercourse Ana the adjac t lamed areas thaw must _e reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.