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361 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1951 PAGE FIVE SECTION 7: That section 7-24 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 7-24. General standards for new construction or improve- ment of structures. No permit for new construction or substantial improve- ments of structures (including the placement of prefabricated buildings and manufactured homes) shall be approved in the A, AO, AH, A7, A8, or Al6 zones unless all of the following standards are met: The structure must be designed or modified and adequately anchored, to prevent flotation, col- lapse, or lateral movement of the structure re- sulting from hydrodynamic and hydrostatic loads, including the effects of buoyancy. 2 The structure must be constructed with materials resistant to flood damage. The structure must be constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage. (4) The structure must be constructed with electri- cal, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air con- ditioning equipment and other service facilities that are designed and/or located so as to prevent water from entering or accumulating within the components during conditions of flooding. SECTION 8: That section 7-25 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 7-25. General development standards. No permit shall be issued for any proposed develop- ment, including manufactured home parks or subdivisions, in the A, AO, AH, A7, A8 or Al6 zones until reviewed by the executive director of public works and approved by him as satisfying the following standards, unless it clearly appears to the executive director of planning and building safety that the development is of such a minor or limited nature that it will not have any significant adverse effect on the maintenance of such standards: (1) The proposed development must be consistent with the need to minimize flood damage within the A,