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effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps, or Flood Insurance Studies. (v) "Lowest floor" means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement) of a structure. This definition excludes an "enclo- sure below the lowest floor" which is an unfinished or flood resistant enclosure usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or stor- age, in an area other than a basement area, provided that such enclosure is built in accordance with the applicable design requirements specified in these regulations for enclosures below the lowest floor. (w) "Manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the re- quired utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "rec- reational vehicle ". For the purposes of these regulations, a manufactured home includes manufactured homes and mobile homes as defined in Chapter 3733 of the Ohio Revised Code. (x) "Manufactured home park" has the same meaning as specified in the Ohio Administrative Code 3701- 27 -01. A manufactured home park means any tract of land upon which three or more manufactured homes used for habitation are parked, either free of charge or for revenue pur- poses, and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclo- sure used or intended for use as part of the facilities of the park. A tract of land that is subdivided and the individual lots are not for rent or rented, but are for sale or sold for the purpose of installation of manufactured homes on the lots, is not a manufactured home park, even though three or more manufactured homes are parked thereon, if the roadways are dedicated to the local government authority. (y) "National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)" means a Federal pro- gram enabling property owners in participating communities to purchase insurance protection against losses from flooding. This insurance is de- signed to provide an insurance alternative to disaster assistance to meet the escalating costs of repairing damage to buildings and their contents caused by floods. Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local commnunities and the Federal govermnent that states if a community will adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations to reduce future flood risks to all development in special flood hazard areas, the Federal government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against flood loss. (z) "New construction" means structures for which the "start of con - struction" commenced on or after the initial effective date of the City of Lakewood Flood Insurance Rate Map, February 1, 1978, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. (aa) "Person" means any individual or group of individuals, corpora- tion, partnership, association, or any other entity, including state and lo- cal governments and agencies. An agency is further defined in Ohio R.C. 111.15 as any governmental entity of the State and includes, but is not limited to, any board, department, division, commission, bureau, society, council, institution, state college or university, conummity college dis- trict, technical college district, or state community college. "Agency" does not include the General Assembly, the Controlling Board, the Ad- jutant General's Department, or any court. (bb) "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicle which is: (1) Built on a single chassis, (2) 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection,