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Ordinance 1533, Art~e 2 (Definitions), conti~d 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. For flood plain management purposes the term "manufactured home" also includes park trailers, travel trailers, and other similar vehicles placed on a site for greater than 180 consecutive days. For insurance purposes the term "manufactured home" does not include park trailers, travel trailers, and other similar vehicles, nor does it include modular homes. MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION - means a parcel of land (or continguous parcels of land) divided into two or more manufactured home lots for which the facilities serving the lots (including but not limited to concrete pads, utilities, streets and drainage) have been completed. A manufactured home park offers lots for rent or lease. A manufactured home subdivision offers lots for sale. MEAN SEA LEVEL - means, for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 (1973 releveling), to which base flood elevations shown on La Porte's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced. MODULAR HOMES - means a dwelling that is constructed, in conformance wi th the Texas Manufactured Housing Standards Act, in one or more modules at a location other than the homesite, or is constructed utilizing one or more modular components (i.e. a structural portion of said dwelling), and which is designed to be used as a permanent residence when the modular components or modules are transported to the homesite and are joined together, or are erected, and installed on a permanent foundation system, together with associated plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems. Said "modular home" shall bear the seal (as defined by said Act) of the Texas Department of Labor and Standards. For the purposes of this ordinance, a modular home bearing such seal is considered to offer resistance to flood damage equivalent to that of a site-built home constructed in accordance with the City Building Code. NEW CONSTRUCTION means, for flood plain management purposes, structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effecti ve date of a flood plain management regulation adopted by La Porte. -8-