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However, where this Ordinance imposes greater restrictions, the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail. All other ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of the inconsistency only. 3. Warnings and Disclaimer of Liability: This Ordinance does not imply that areas outside the flood plain districts or land uses permitted within such districts will be free from flooding or flood damages. This Ordinance shall not create liability on the part of Little Canada or any officer or employee thereof for any flood damages that result from reliance on this Ordinance or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder. 4. Severability: If any section, clause, provision, or portion of this Ordinance is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby. Definitions: Unless specifically defined in Section 902 of this Zoning Ordinance, words or phrases used in this Ordinance shall be interpreted so as to give them the same meaning as they have in common usage and so as to give this Ordinance its most reasonable application. 916.040. FLOODPLAIN SUB-DISTRICTS. The area within a Floodplain District is further divided into floodway, flood fringe, and general floodplain. A floodway includes the channel of a river or stream and those portions of the adjoining floodplain which are required to carry and discharge the regional flood. A flood fringe includes the area outside of the floodway, but subject to inundation by the regional flood. The general floodplain shall include those areas designated as unnumbered A Zones on the Flood Insurance Rate Map. A. Compliance. No new structure or land shall hereafter be used and no sri•ucture shall be located, extended, converted, or structurally altered without full compliance with the terms of this Ordinance and other applicable regulations which apply to uses within the jurisdiction of this Ordinance. Within the Floodway, Flood Fringe and General Flood Plain Districts, all uses not listed as permitted uses or conditional uses in Section 916.080 and 916.090 that follow, respectively, shall be prohibited. In addition, a caution is provided here that: New manufactured homes, replacement manufactured homes and certain travel trailers and travel vehicles are subject to the general provisions of this Ordinance and specifically Section 916.110. Modifications, additions, structural alterations or repair after damage to existing nonconforming structures and nonconforming uses of structures or land are regulated by the general provisions of this Ordinance and specifically Section 916.140; and As-built elevations for elevated or flood-proofed structures must be certified by ground surveys and flood proofing techniques must be designed and certified by a Little Canada Zoning Ordinance FP, Floodplain District 916-2