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<br />have specific zoning ordinances and regulations <br />pertaining to manufactured homes and manufac- <br />tured home developments, In addition, they can <br />provide sources of flood hazard data and other <br />regulatory information, Local offices that may be <br />of assistance include Departments or Offices of <br />Public Works, Building, Engineering, Zoning, and <br />Planning, <br />Building Codes-Building codes can be a <br />mechanism for reducing flood losses through the <br />inclusion of sections specifically intended to <br />mitigate flood damage, <br />The Building Officials and Code Administrators' <br />(BOCA) Basic/National Building Code, the Inter- <br />national Conference of Building Officials' (ICBO) <br />Uniform Building Code, and the Southern Building <br />Code Congress International's (SBCCI) Standard <br />Building Code, shown in Figure 1,35, all include <br />sections requiring structural integrity of founda, <br />tions, walls, floor slabs, and retaining walls that <br />may be subjected to flooding, . <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 1.35 Building Codes <br /> <br />These model codes are used in many parts of <br />the country and are developed with technical data <br />from many organizations and individuals through <br />an annual code revision process, Some com, <br />munities may have similar or more stringent re- <br />quirements that specifically address manufactured <br />homes, State and local guidance should be used <br />to determine what flood-related codes are in ef- <br />fect for a particular area, <br />Chapter II describes the effects of flood and <br />wind forces on manufactured homes, <br /> <br />14 <br />