Amend Chapter 21, Article 12, Floodplain regulations in order to adopt the most recent Federal and State requirements

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d. the top of the floor level of any enclosure below an elevated building where the walls of the enclosure provide any resistance to the flow of flood waters unless: 1. the walls are designed to automatically equalize the hydrostatic flood forces on the walls by allowing for the entry and exit of flood waters, by providing a minimum of two openings (in addition to doorways and windows) having a total area of one (1) square foot for every two (2} square feet of enclosed area subject to flooding. The bottom of all such openings shall be no higher than one (1) foot above grade. 2. such enclosed space shall be usable for the~parking of vehicles and building access. (17) 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 attached to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle." (18) 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 this ordinance. (19) Recreational vehicle means a vehicle which is: a. built on a single chassis; b. 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projections; c. designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable,by a light duty truck; and d. designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling, but as quarters for recreational camping, travel, or seasonal use. (20) Regulatory Flood means the flood having a one percent probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, as calculated by a method and procedure which is acceptable to and approved by the Indiana Natural Resources Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The regulatory flood elevation at any location is as defined in Section 5 of this ordinance. The "Regulatory Flood" is also known by the term "Base Flood." (21) Special Flood Hazard Area (SERA) means those lands within the jurisdiction of the City of South Bend, Indiana that are subject to inundation by the regulatory flood. The SFI-IAs of the City of South Bend, Indiana are generally identified as such on the Flood Insurance Rate Map of the City of South Bend, Indiana prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated February 17, 1988. The SFHAs of those parts of unincorporated St. Joseph County that are within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of South Bend or that may be annexed into the City of South Bend are generally identified as such on the Flood Insurance Rate Map prepared for St, Joseph County by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dated February 17, 1988. (22) Structure means a structure that is principally above ground and is enclosed by walls and a roof. i he term includes a gas or liquid storage tank, a manufactured home, or a