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"Manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in <br /> one or more sections, which is built on a permanent <br /> foundation when connected to the._required utilities. For <br /> floodplain_ management .-purposes- the term "manufactured <br /> home also. include.s... park trailers, travel trailers, and <br /> other similar-vehicles . placed on_a site for greater than <br /> 180_ consecutive days.. For insurance purposes the term <br /> 11 manufa.cture.d._.home"' ..doe.s..not include park trailers, travel <br /> trainers, and other similar vehicles. <br /> "New.- construction"_ means structures for which the start of <br /> construction commenced...__on. .or ':af.ter the effective date of <br /> the-..ordinance__.codified in this chapter. <br /> "Start of Construction" ..[for. other than new construction <br /> or suhstatial _improvements_.. under the Coastal Barrier <br /> Resources_. Act_ . (Pub.L._ 97-348)] , includes substantial <br /> improvement, and. means the date_ the building permit was <br /> issued,_..provided..the. actual_.start_ of construction, repair, <br /> reconstruction,. .placement.,_ or_.ather improvement was within <br /> . 180 days . of the permit_ date.. The actual start means <br /> _ . either the first placement- of--.permanent construction of a <br /> structure on a site, .such _as the pouring of slab or foot- <br /> ings,. the installation of. piles, the construction of <br /> columns.,- or any work.he.yond. . the stage of excavation, or <br /> the placement. . of _ a manufactured home on a permanent <br /> foundation. Permanent_ construction does not include land <br /> preparation, such as clearing,. grading and filling; nor <br /> does. it. include..the,.insta.11atian_ of streets and/or walk- <br /> ways;.....nor. - does it. _include_.excavation for a basement, <br /> footings./piers, or foundations_ or the erection of <br /> temporary forms; nor .does it include the installation on <br /> the property_ of accessory-.buildings, such as garages or <br /> sheds. not_ occupied_ as dwelling.._units or not part of the <br /> main structure. <br /> "Structure" means.. that. which. is built or constructed. <br /> "Substantial improvement" means any repair, reconstruc- <br /> tion, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which <br /> equals_ or exceeds ,fifty. percent .af the market value of the <br /> structure either . (l)-.before the -improvement or repair is <br /> started, or (2) if, the structure- has been damaged and is <br /> being restored, before the damage occurred. For the <br /> purposes of this definition, "substantial improvement" is <br /> considered to-occur when the first alteration of any wall, <br /> ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building <br /> commences., whether or not that. alteration affects the <br /> external-dimensions of_the. structure. The term does not, <br /> however, include either. (1.)_ any- project for improvement of <br /> a structure to comply.with existing state or local health, <br /> sanitary,. or safet.y_code. specifi.caitons which are solely <br /> necessary to assure safe. living conditions, or (2) any <br /> alteration of. a structure listed. on the National Register <br /> of Historic Places or a. Sta.te Inventory of Historic <br /> Places. <br /> "Variance" is a grant of _relief to a person from the <br /> requirements of this chapter which permits construction in <br /> a manner. otherwise prohibited. by this chapter where <br /> specific enforcement. w.o.ul.d result in unnecessary hardship. <br /> ......Sec._12A-2.. . Lands to which chapter applies. <br /> This chapter shall apply to all areas of special flood <br /> hazards within the jurisdiction of the City. <br /> 3 <br />