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iIncreased Cost of Compliance (ICC) means the cost to repair a substantially damaged structure that exceeds the minimal repair cost and that is required to bring a substantially damaged structure into compliance with the local flood damage prevention ordinance. Acceptable mitigation measures are elevation, relocation, demolition, or any combination thereof. All renewal and new business flood insurance policies with effective dates on or after June 1, 1997,will include ICC coverage. Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) means an amendment to the currently effective FEMA map that establishes that a property is not located in a SFHA. A LOMA is only issued by FEMA. Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) means an official revision to the currently effective FEMA map. It is issued by FEMA and changes flood zones, delineations, and elevations. Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F) means an official revision by letter to an effective NFIP map. A LOMR-F provides FEMA's determination concerning whether a structure or parcel has been elevated on fill above the BFE and excluded from the SFHA. Lowest adjacent grade means the lowest elevation, after completion of construction, of the ground, sidewalk, patio, deck support, or basement entryway immediately next to the structure. Lowest floor means the lowest of the following: (1) the top of the lowest level of the structure; (2) the top of the basement floor; (3) the top of the garage floor, if the garage is the lowest level of the structure; (4) the top of the first floor of a structure elevated on pilings or pillars; • (5) the top of the floor level of any enclosure, other than a basement, below an elevated structure where the walls of the enclosure provide any resistance to the flow of flood waters unless: a). the walls are designed to automatically equalize the hydrostatic flood forces on the walls by allowing for the entry and exit of flood waters by providing a minimum of two (2) openings (in addition to doorways and windows) in a minimum of two (2) exterior walls having a total net area of one square inch (1 sq. in.)for every one square foot(1 sq.ft.)of enclosed area. The bottom of all such openings shall be no higher than one foot (1') above the exterior grade or the interior grade immediately beneath each opening, whichever is higher; and, b). such enclosed space shall be usable solely for the parking of vehicles and building access. Manufactured home means a structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home"does not include a "recreational vehicle". Manufactured home park or subdivision means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two (two)or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale. Map amendment means a change to an effective NFIP map that results in the exclusion from the SFHA of an individual structure or a legally described parcel of land that has been inadvertently included in the SFHA(i.e., no alterations of topography have occurred since the date of the first NFIP map that showed the structure or parcel to be within the SFHA). Map panel number is the four (4) digit number followed by a letter suffix assigned by FEMA on a flood map. The first four(4) digits represent the map panel, and the letter suffix represents the number of times the map panel has been revised. (The letter"A"is not used by FEMA,the letter"B" is the first revision.) Page 6 of 22