Floodplain Manager's Notebook Series
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook July 2021Date: July 2021
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Illustrating why the “bottom of the frame” is the best reference point on manufactured homes. Requiring the top of foundation elements to be at or above the required elevation means insulation and ductwork meet the requirements. Plus, when units are replaced in older “pre-FIRM” existing manufactured home parks, all future units will meet the elevation requirements, even if park owners fail to get permits.
Keywords: Manufactured home
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook March 2019Date: March 2019
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: How do you estimate the value of a manufactured home not attached to a permanent foundation? Should the elevation of electric outlets be recorded on Elevation Certificates (and are they permitted below the BFE)? What’s required when a utility company installs poles in a floodplain or floodway?
Keywords: Manufactured home, Market Value, Elevation Certificate, Electric outlet, Utility pole, Floodway
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Date: March 2022
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Who determines when a community’s floodplain regulations are compliant (FEMA or states, not CRS), adding to notes on infinity pools in coastal high hazard areas, and a follow up on manufactured homes and how they differ from modular buildings. The Market Value Supplement offers suggested to answers to questions that appraisers might ask floodplain managers, and question that property owners might ask floodplain managers, and questions floodplain managers might ask appraisers.
Keywords: Ordinance, Compliance, Swimming pools, Manufactured home, Market Value, Actual cash value
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Date: November 2020
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Understanding the difference between Base Flood Elevation and Design Flood Elevation. Eliminating the “36-inch option” for replacement manufactured homes in existing parks and subdivisions. The Market Value Supplement takes on the FEMA requirement to not consider use and occupancy when determining market value.
Keywords: Floodplain management, Base flood elevation, Design flood elevation, Freeboard, Manufactured home, Market Value, Actual cash value
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Date: November 2021
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Terms and definitions matter! A closer look at Compliant, Non-Compliant, Non-Conforming, and Conforming, and parsing the differences between Manufactured Home, Mobile Home, Modular Home, and Manufactured Building. The Market Value Supplement examines methods to develop the “in-kind replacement” or reproduction cost that is the starting point for developing Actual Cash Value estimates used as market value.
Keywords: Compliant, Non-Compliant, Non-Conforming, Conforming, Manufactured homes, Mobile Homes, Modular Homes, Manufactured Buildings, Market Value, Actual cash value
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook September 2009Date: September 2009
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Summarizing HUD's manufactured home installation standards that include requirements for SFHAs and specifications for state programs overseeing MFH installation and training and licensivng of MFH installers.
Keywords: Floodplain management, Prefabricated houses, Floodplain management
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