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(12) Lowest Floor • the lowest floor of the '.ow est 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 lo\vest floor. (13) 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 \shcn attached to the required utilities The term “manufacrured home" does not include the tern “recreanonal vehicle " (14) Obstruction • any dam, wall, wharf, embankment. le\ cc. dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel modification, culvert, building, wnre. fence, stockpile, refuse, fill, structure, or matter in. along, across, or projecting iruo any charutel. watercourse, or regulatory flood plain which may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of w ater, either in itself or by catching or collecting debns earned by such water (15) Piincipai Use or Sii-uclurc • means all uses or structures that arc not accessor) uses or structures. (16) Reach • a h>draul:c engineering term to describe a longitudinal segment of a strea.m or river influenced by a natural or man-made obstruction In an urban area, the segment of a stream or river between two consecutive bridge crossings would most typically constitute a reach (17) Recreational Vehicle ♦ a vehicle that is built on a single chassis, is 400 square feel or less when measured at the largest honzontal projection, is designed to be self-propelled or peimanenily towable by a light duty truck, and is designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use For the purposes of this Article, the term recreational vehicle shall be synonymous with the term travel trailer travel vehicle. (IS) Regional Flood - a flood w hich is reprcscnUliv c of large floods known to have occurred generally in .Minnesota and reasonably characienstic of what can be expected to occur on an average frequency in the magnitude of the lOO-ycar recurrence interval. Regional flood is synonymous w ith the term "base flood" used in a flood insurance study. (19) Regulatory Flood Protecuon Elevation - The regulatory flood protection elevation shall be an elevation no lower than one foot above the elevation of the regional flood plus any tncrcascs in flood elevation caused by encroachments on the flood plain that result from designation of a floodway. a. The regulatory flood protecuon elevation within the floodway and flood fringe distnets, except for Lake Minnetonka, shall be established by adding 1 0 foot to the base flood water surface elevations w ithin floodway listed in the floodway data table contained in the flood insurance study. Regulatory flood protection elevations between cross sections shall be interpolated b. The regulatory flood protection elevation for Lake Minnetonka shall be 932.S MSL c. The regulatory flood protection elevation w ithin the general floodplain district shall be calculated by a qualified registered professional engineer m accordance with J Dumet-J iUf. l:h20Ct muM •4