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<br />DEFINING STRUCTURE TYPE <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />Structure is defined here as a permanent building and everything that <br /> <br />is permanently attached to it, For the purpose of floodplain inventory, <br /> <br />categories of property are defined by similar susceptibility to flood <br /> <br />damage, Both structural use and physical characteristics can be useful <br /> <br />areas for categorization, The economists should make these distinctions <br /> <br />based on the availability of existing depth-damage relationships of flood <br /> <br />property with similar patterns of susceptibility to flood damage. Singe <br /> <br />family residential building categories generally include the following: <br /> <br />1) one story, no basement; 2) one story, with basement; 3) two or more <br /> <br />stories, no basement; 4) two or more stories, with basement; 5) split- <br /> <br />level, no basement; 6) split'level, with basement; and, 7) mobile homes. <br /> <br />These categories can be further subdivided by wood, masonry, steel, <br /> <br />or adobe structure; good, fair, or poor condition; and categories of size <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />in square feet, The variable of building condition should have <br /> <br />operational definitions for each classification. For example, Good <br /> <br />Condition might be any property with visible repairs of less than 10% of <br /> <br />the structure value, Poor Condition would be anything needing major <br /> <br />structural repair of greater than 25% of the structure value, Fair <br /> <br />Condition would be anything in between, Similarly, square footage <br /> <br />categorizations of small, medium, and large should have operational <br /> <br />definitions with number of square feet used as breaking points between <br /> <br />size classifications, <br /> <br />1, Single family residential structures generally include single <br /> <br />story with or without basements, two or more stories with or without <br /> <br />basement, split level with or without basement, and mobile homes, Further <br /> <br />V-23 <br />