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(10) <br />(II) <br />Basement • means any area of a structure, including crawl spaces, having its floor or base <br />subgrade (below ground level) on all four sides, regardless of the depth of excavation below <br />ground level. <br />Conditional Use - means a specific type of structure or land use listed in the official control <br />that may be allowed but only after an in-depth review procedure and with appropriate <br />conditions or restrictions as provided in the official zoning controls or building codes and <br />upon a finding that; <br />a.Certain conditions as detailed in the zoning ordinance exist. <br />b.The structure and/or land use conform to the comprehensive land use plan if one <br />exists and are compatible with the existing neighborhood. <br />Equal Degree of Encroachment - a method of determining the location of flood way <br />boundaries so that flood plain lands on both sides of a stream are capable of conveying a <br />proportionate share of flood flows. <br />Flood - a temporary increase in the flow or stage of a stream or in the stage of a wetland or <br />lake that results m the inundation of normally dry areas. <br />Flood Frequency - the frequency for which it is e.xpected that a specific flood stage or <br />discharge may be equaled or exceeded. <br />Flood Fringe - that portion of the flood plain outside of the floodway. Flood fringe is <br />synonymous with the tenn "floodway fringe" used in the Flood Insurance Study. <br />Flood Plain - the beds proper and the areas adjoining a wetland, lake or watercourse which <br />have been or hereafter may be covered by the regional flood. <br />(9) Flood Proofing • a combination of structural provisions, changes, or adjustments to <br />properties and str uctures subject to flooding, primarily for the reduction or elimination of <br />flood damages. <br />Floodway • the bed of a wetland or lake and the channel of a watercourse and those portions <br />of the adjoining flood plain which are reasonably required to carry or store the regional <br />flood discharge. <br />Fake Minnetonka - Lake hfinueionka means the naturally occurring lake shown on all the <br />official maps referenced in this chapter, including all bays, channels, inlets, lagoons, <br />marshland and other water-connected portions, whether naturally occurring or artificially <br />created. <br />Defined ordinary high water elevation. 929.4 feet MSL. <br />b.Defined floodplain boundary. 100-ycar flood, 931 ,5 feet MSL as established by the <br />Minnehaha Creek Watershed Distnet (MCWD). <br />i Diitnct ! Map; t/i/2004 re\iston 3-