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(4) Recreational vehicles. Recreational vehicles placed on sites shall either: (a) Be on the site for fewer than 180 consecutive days and be fully licensed and ready for highway use; or (b) Meet the permit requirements for placement and the elevation and anchoring requirements for manufactured homes. F or the purposes of this section, a recreational vehicle shall be deemed ready for highway use if it is on its wheels or jacking system, is attached to the site only by quick- disconnect-type utilities and security devices, and has no permanently attached additions. Sec. 14-11. District Provisions. (a) Regulations for subdivisions and site plans. The applicant of any subdivision of land or site plan within the city shall submit with his application, a statement by a licensed surveyor or engineer as to whether or not any property shown on the plat or plan is at an elevation lower than the 100-year flood level. Where an area at or below the 100-year flood level exists, the extent of this area shall be shown on the preliminary and final plat or plan. Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A and AE on the Flood Rate Insurance Map, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City. Development activities in Zones A, AE, and AH, on the City of Portsmouth, Virginia's Flood Insurance Rate Map that increase the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one foot may be allowed, provided that the developer or applicant first applies, with the City's endorsement, for a conditional Flood Insurance Rate Map revision, and receives the approval ofthe Federal Emergency Management Agency. (b) "X" Unshaded Zones A non hazard district with areas determined to be outside the 0.2% annual chance floodplain. There are no required floodplain management construction regulations for this district. (c) "X" Shaded Zones A non hazarded district but an area that has been identified as having 0.2% annual chance of flood or an area with a 1 % annual chance flood with average depths less than one (1) foot or drainage areas less than 1 square miles or areas protected by levees from 1 % annual chance of flood. There are no required floodplain management construction regulations for this district.