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MVFPZ.ORD 3/18/92
<br /> (a) Accessory Use or Structure - a use or structure on the
<br /> same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and
<br /> subordinate to, the principal use or structure.
<br /> (b) Equal Degree of Encroachment - a method of determining
<br /> the location of floodway boundaries so that flood plain
<br /> lands on both sides of a flooding source are capable of
<br /> conveying a proportionate share of flood flows.
<br /> (c) Flood - a temporary increase in the flow or stage of a
<br /> lake or other flooding source that results in the
<br /> inundation of normally dry areas.
<br /> (d) Flood Frequency - the average frequency, statistically
<br /> determined, for which it is expected that a specific
<br /> flood stage or discharge may be equaled or exceeded.
<br /> (e) Flood Plain - the areas which have been or hereafter may
<br /> be covered by the regional flood.
<br /> (f) Flood-Proofing - a combination of structural provisions,
<br /> changes, or adjustments to properties and structures
<br /> subject to flooding, primarily for the reduction or
<br /> elimination of flood damages.
<br /> (g) Flood Plain Zoning District - the area delineated A-i, A-
<br /> 2, A-3 , A-4 , A-6, A-7 or A-H on the Flood Insurance Rate
<br /> Map attached to the Flood Plain Zoning Map.
<br /> (h) Obstruction - any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee,
<br /> dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel
<br /> modification, culvert, building, wire, fence, stockpile,
<br /> refuse, fill, structure, or matter in, along, across, or
<br /> projecting into any channel, watercourse, or regulatory
<br /> flood plain which may impede, retard, or change the
<br /> direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by
<br /> catching or collecting debris carried by such water.
<br /> (i) Reach - a length of a watercourse or water body having
<br /> relatively the same flood hazard.
<br /> (j )- -Regional Flood - a- flood which is representative of large
<br /> floods known to have occurred generally in Minnesota and
<br /> reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to
<br /> occur on an average frequency in the magnitude of the
<br /> 100-year recurrence interval. Regional flood is
<br /> synonymous with the term "base flood" used in the Flood
<br /> Insurance Study.
<br /> (-k) Stru-ctu-r-e - anything constructed orerectedon the ground
<br /> or attached to the ground, including, but not limited to,
<br /> buildings, factories, sheds, detached garages, cabins,
<br /> mobile homes, and other similar items.
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