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Portsmouth, Virginia, Code of Ordinances: PART II -CODE -Chapter 14.1 FLOOD PROTECTION Recreational vehicle means a vehicle which is: {1 } Built on a single chassis; (2} Four hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; (3} Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck; and (4} Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational camping, travel or seasonal use. Repetitive Loss Structure means a structure covered by a contract for flood insurance that has incurred flood related damage on two separate occasions during a 10 year period for which the cost of repairs, on the average, equaled or exceeded 25 percent of the. market value of the structure before the damage occurred or $10,000, whichever is less. Severe repetitive loss structure means a structure that: (a} is covered under a contract for flood insurance made available under the NFIP; and {b} has incurred flood related damage - {i} For which 4 or more separate claims payments have been made under flood insurance coverage with the amount of each such claim exceeding $5,000, and with the cumulative amount of such claims payments exceeding $20,040; or (ii} For which at least 2 separate claims payments have been made under such coverage, with the cumulative amount of such claims exceeding the market value of the insured structure before the damage occurred. Shallow flooding area means a special flood hazard area with base flood depths from one to three feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate, and where velocity flow may be evident. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow. Special Flood Hazard Area (S1=HA) means the land in the floodplain subject to a one percent (1°I°} or greater chance of being flooded in any given year as determined as set forth in this ordinance. These areas are designated as AE, AO, A, and VE on the FIRM. Scarf of construction means the date of issuance of the building permit, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, placement, or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. The actual start means either: (1 } the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or (Z) the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Start of construction {Coastal Barriers Acf) means, for o#her than new construction and substantial improvement, under the Coastal Barriers Resource Act (P. L. - 97-348}, the date the building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addi#ion, placement, substantial improvement or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. The actual start 7