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FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT O/g� CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA 1.0 ESTABLISERiENT OF FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT 1.1 The flood hazard areas of Lino Lakes, Minnesota, are subject to periodic inundation which results in potential loss of life, loss of property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expeditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety, and general welfare. 1.2 The Flood Insurance Study for th City of Lino Lakes pre ared by the Federal Emergency Manageme t Agency dated � , and the Flood Insurance Rate Maps therein are hereby adopted by reference and shall be attached to the Official Zoning Map. The Official Zoning Map shall be on file in the Office of the Lino Lakes City Clerk-Treasurer and the Building Inspector/ZoningCCr1f,AC 1.3 The Flood Plain District shall include all areas designated on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the City of Lino Lakes as being within the boundaries of the 100 year (regional) flood. 2.0 DEFINITIONS Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in 6-is section 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. 2.1 Equal Degree of Encroachment - a method of determining the location of flood plain boundaries so that flood plain lands on both sides of a stream are capable of conveying a proportionate share of flood f 1 ows. 2.2 Flood - a temporary increase in the flow or stage of a stream or in the stage of a lake that results in the inundation of normally dry areas. 2.3 Flood Plain - the areas adjoining a watercourse which have been or • hereafter may be covered by the regional flood, 2.4 Flood-Proofing - a combination of structural provisions, changes, or adjustments to properties and structures subject to flooding, i primarily for the reduction or elimination of flood damages. 2.5 Regional Flood - a flood which is representative of large floods known to have occurred generally in Minnesota and reasonably char- acteristic of what can be expedted to occur on an average frequency in the magnitude of the 100-year recurrence interval. Regional �..� flood is synonymous with the term "base flood" used in the Flood Insurance Study.