2019-0328
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, Appendix A, Section XX.E.2.d.2, to require that the bottom of the longitudinal structural I-beams of a manufactured home is elevated to or above the base flood elevation.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish adopted its Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance in 1983; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish occasionally has to modify these regulations to comply with changes in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Regulations and Guidance; and,
WHEREAS the current NFIP Guidance requires the bottom of the longitudinal structural I-beams of a manufactured home are elevated to or above the base flood elevation rather than the lowest floor; and,
WHEREAS this change has been made to avoid damages and claims to the electrical and mechanical equipment installed between the I-beams on a modern manufactured home.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Appendix A Section XX.E.2.d.2 of the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances is amended as shown below, with new text underlined and deleted text in strikethrough:
2. Manufactured homes that are placed or substantially improved within FIRM zones A1-30, AH, and AE on sites (i) outside of a manufactured home park or subdivision, (ii) in a new manufactured home park or subdivision, (iii) in an expansion to an existing manufactured home park or subdivision, or (iv) in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision on which a manufactured home has incurred "substantial damage" as a result of a flood, must be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor bottom of the longitudinal structural I-beams of the manufactured home is elevated to or above the base flood level elevation.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
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