(A) No manufactured home shall be placed in Special Flood Hazard Areas or Future Conditions Flood Hazard Areas, except when located within an existing manufactured home park. In existing manufactured home parks, all manufactured homes to be placed or substantially improved within the SFHA or Future Conditions Flood Hazard Area, shall be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor of the manufactured home is no lower than the regulatory flood protection elevation as defined in Chapter 12 and shall be securely anchored to an adequate foundation system in accordance with the most current edition of the State of North Carolina Regulations for Manufactured Homes adopted by the Commissioner of Insurance pursuant to G.S. 143-143.15.
(B) Manufactured homes may not be placed in the floodway.
(C) All manufactured homes within Special Flood Hazard Areas or Future Conditions Flood Hazard Areas shall be anchored to resist flotation, collapse, or lateral movement in accordance with the Regulations for Mobile Homes and Modular Housing adopted by the Commissioner of Insurance pursuant to G.S. 143-15. Where the required elevation can be met by elevating the chassis no more than thirty-six (36) inches above grade at the site, the chassis shall be supported by reinforced piers or other foundation of equivalent strength. When the elevation of the chassis is above thirty-six (36) inches in height an engineering certification is required.