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• • Flood Plain Management (4) Travel trailers and travel vehicles that do not meet the exemption criteria specified below shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and as specifically spelled out in divisions (c) and (d) below. (a) Exemption. Travel trailers and travel vehicles are exempt from the provisions of this chapter if they are placed in any of the areas listed in division (b) below and further they meet the following criteria: 1. Have current licenses required for highway use; 2. Are highway ready meaning on wheels or the internal jacking system, are attached to the site only by quick disconnect type utilities commonly used in campgrounds and trailer parks and the travel trailer /travel vehicle has no permanent structural type addition attached to it; and 3. The travel trailer or travel vehicle and associated use must be permissible in any pre- existing, underlying zoning district. (b) Areas exempted for placement of travel /recreational vehicles. 1. Individual lots or parcels of record. 2. Existing commercial recreational vehicle parks or campgrounds. 3. Existing condominium type associations. (c) Exempted travel trailers and travel vehicles. Travel trailers and travel vehicles exempted in division (a) above lose this exemption when development occurs on the parcel exceeding dollars for a structural addition to the travel trailer/ travel vehicle or an accessory structures such as a garage or storage building. The travel trailer /travel vehicle and all additions and accessory structures will then be treated as a new structure and shall be subject to the elevation and flood - proofing requirements and the use of land restrictions specified in § 1103.06 of this chapter. (d) New and expanded commercial travel trailers, travel vehicle parks or campgrounds and residential type subdivisions and condominium associations. New commercial travel trailer or travel vehicle parks or campgrounds and new residential type subdivisions and condominium associations and the expansion of any existing similar use exceeding 5 units or dwelling sites shall be subject to the following. 1. Any new or replacement travel trailer or travel vehicle will be allowed in the Flood Plain Overlay District provided the trailer or vehicle and its contents are placed on fill above the regulatory flood protection elevation and proper elevated road access to the site exists in accordance with § 1103.08(2). No fill placed in the Flood Plain Overlay District to meet the requirements of this section shall increase flood stages of the 100 -year regional flood.