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4.4 FIcxxi fringe. The portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway. <br />s • <br />6^ 4.7 <br />5^ 4.8 <br />4.9 <br />1 4.10 <br />4.12 <br />4.13 <br />Oj 4.14 <br />/£) <br />4.16 <br />ajo (i(NJ >0- ITS <br />Floodplain. The areas adjoining a watercourse or water basin that have been or may be o '' <br />covered by a regional flood. <br />Floodwav. The channel of the watercourse, t^eted of water basi^ and those-ponitinsjjf ^ <br />the adjoining floodplains ‘.hat are reasonably required to carry and'Hischarge^oodwater an^ ' <br />(I^^^de water stor^^ during a regional flo^. ^ <br />Hvdric soils. Soils that are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing ^ <br />season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part. ' <br />HvdroDhvtic vegetation. Macrophytic plant life growing in water, soil or on a substrate that VrS <br />is at least periodically defleient in oxygen as a result of excessive water content <br />Land disturbing or development activities. Any change of the land surface including removing <br />vegetative cover, excavating, filling, grading, and the construction of any structure. <br />Person. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, franchisee, association or <br />governmental entity. <br />4.11 Public waters. Waters of the slate as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, <br />subdivision 15. <br />Reponal flood. A flood that is representative of large floods known to have occurred <br />generally in the state and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur on an /o.-c^ <br />average frequency in the magnitude of a 100-year recurrence interval " <br />Retention facility. A permanent natural or man made structure that provides for the storage <br />of storm water runoff by means of a perma.nent pool of water. <br />\ <br />ru«<- <br />Sediment. Solid matter carried by water, sewage, or other liquids. <br />Structure. Anything manufactured, constructed or erected which is normally attached to or <br />positioned on land, including portable structures, earthen structures, roads, parking lots, and ' <br />paved storage areas. / <br />Wetlands. Lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table fiuT' <br />is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. For purposes of this <br />definition, wetlands must have the following three attributes: <br />a) Have a predominance of hydric soils; •>>. <br />) <br />b) Are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration <br />sufficient to support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life <br />in saturated soil conditions; and <br />c) Under normal circumstances support a prevalence of such vegetation. <br />[COMMENTARY: Many of the aboveHef^^oifr^re derived from state law. A local <br />goverrtment should insure that the defviitioru^^fff^^l^ consistent with definitions in the local <br />zoning code.]