06-A Adopting Model Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance

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(b) Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without approved programs. Levee means a man-made structure, usually an earthen embankment, designed and constructed in accordance with sound engineering practices to contain, control, or divert the flow of water so as to provide protection from temporary flooding. Levee system means a flood protection system which consists of a levee, or levees, and associated structures such as closure and drainage devices which are constructed and operated in accordance with sound engineering practices. Lowest floor means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking or vehicles, building access, or storage in an area other than a basement area is not considered a building's lowest floor; provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable non-elevation design requirement of Section 60.3 of the National Flood Insurance Program regulations. Manufactured home means a structure transportable in one or more sections which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. The term 'manufactured home' does not include a 'recreational vehicle.' Manufactured home park or subdivision means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) ofland divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale. Mean sea level means, for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum to which base flood elevations shown on a city's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced. New construction means, for the purpose of determining insurance rates, structures for which the 'start of construction' commenced on or after the effective date of an initial FIRM or after December 31, 1974, whichever is later, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. For floodplain management purposes, 'new construction' means structures for which the 'start of construction' commenced on or after the effective date of a floodplain management regulation adopted by a city and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. New manufactured home park or subdivision means a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which 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 the pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by a city. Recreational vehicle means a vehicle which is (1) built on a single chassis; (2) 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal Page 6 of 17