Elevated building

{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000066",
  "term": "Elevated building",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "term_source": "Elevated Building",
  "definition": "A building that has no basement and that has its lowest elevated floor raised above ground level by foundation walls, shear walls, posts, piers, pilings or columns. Solid (perimeter) foundations walls are not an acceptable means of elevating buildings in V and VE zones.",
  "subject": "National Flood Insurance Program",
  "references": [
    "FloodSmart Flood Insurance Glossary",
    "FEMA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/elevated-building/"
}