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including buildings or other structures, mining dredging, filling, illing, grading` paving, excavation or drilling operations, or storage off equipment or materials. EQUAL DEGREE OFENCROACHMENT. A method of determining the location of floodway boundaries so that flood -plain lands on both sides of a stream are capable of conveying a proportionate share of flood flows. FARM FENCE. A fence as defined by Minn. Statutes Section 344.02, Subd. I (a)-(d). An open type fence of posts and wire is not considered to be a structure under this ordinance. Fences that have the potential to obstruct flood flows, such as chain link fences and rigid walls, are regulated as structures under this chapter. FLOOD. A temporary increase in the flow or stage of a stream or in the stage of a wetland or lake that results in the inundation of normally dry areas. FLOOD FREQUENCY. The frequency for which it is expected that a specific flood stage or discharge may be equaled or exceeded. FLOOD FRINGE. That portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway. Flood fringe is synonymous with the term "floodway fringe" used in the Flood Insurance StudX for Anoka County, Minnesota. FLOOD -PLAIN. The beds proper and areas adjoining a wetland, lake or watercourse which have been or hereafter may be covered by the regional flood. FLOOD PROOFING. A combination of structural provisions, changes or adjustments to properties and structures subject to flooding, primarily for the reduction or elimination of flood damages. FLOODWAY. The bed of a wetland or lake and the channel of a watercourse and those portions of the adjoining floodplain which are reasonably required to carry or store the regional flood discharge. LOWEST FLOOR. The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, used solely for parking of vehicles, building access, or storage in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor. MANUFACTURED HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include the term "recreational vehicle." OBSTRUCTION. Any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel modification, culvert, building, wire, fence, stockpile, refuse, fill, structure or matter in, along, across or projecting into any channel, watercourse or regulatory flood -plain which may impeded, retard or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by the water. ONE HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN. Lands inundated by the "Regional Flood" 7 of 39