City of South Portland, ME, Code of Ordinances ch. 5 (Buildings), Art. VII (Rental Registration)

Citation: City of South Portland, ME, Code of Ordinances ch. 5 (Buildings), Art. VII (Rental Registration)
Jurisdiction: South Portland (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://southportland.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1421/Ch-05-Buildings ↗

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 Lowest floor. The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement)
of a building. An unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of
vehicles, building access, or storage in an area other than a basement area is not
considered the lowest floor of a building, provided that such enclosure is not built so
as to render the structure in violation of the applicable non-elevation design
requirements of this article described in Sec. 5-131(7).

 Manufactured home. ”Manufactured housing” as that term is defined in 30-A M.R.S.
§ 4358(1)(A), as may be amended. For floodplain management purposes, the term
“manufactured home” also includes park trailers, travel trailers, and other similar
vehicles when placed on a site for longer than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive
days.

 Manufactured home development park or subdivision. A “mobile home park” as that
term is defined in 30-A M.R.S. § 4358(1)(B), as may be amended. For floodplain
management purposes, the term “manufactured home development park or subdivision”
includes a parcel of land under unified ownership approved by the City for the
placement of two (2) or more manufactured homes.
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 Mean high tide. The mean height of tidal high waters at a particular point or
station over a period of time to such length that increasing its length does not
appreciably change this mean. For tidal waters, the cycle of change covers a period of
nineteen (19) years, and mean high tide is defined as the average of the high waters
over a nineteen-year period.