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�� � <br /> Flood Proofing - a combination of structural provisions , <br /> - changes , or adjustments to properties <br /> and structures subject to flooding primarily <br /> for the reduction or elimination of flood <br /> damages. <br /> Floodway - the channel of the watercourse and those portions <br /> of the adjoining flood plains which are reasonably <br /> required to carry and discharge the regional flood. <br /> Lake Minnetonka - the naturally occurring lake shown on all <br /> the official maps referenced herein, including <br /> all bays, channels, inlets, lagoons, marsh- <br /> land and other water-connected portions <br /> thereof, whether naturally occurring or <br /> artificially created; <br /> a) defined ordinary highwater elevation - � <br /> 929.4 feet MSL <br /> b) defined flood plain boundary - 100 <br /> year flood - 931. 5 feet MSL. <br /> MSL - Mean Sea Level elevation measured in feet. <br /> Obstruction - any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, <br /> pile, bridge, abutment, projection, excavation, <br /> channel rectification, culvert, building, wire, <br /> fence, stockpile, refuse, fill, structure, or <br /> matter in, along, across, or projecting into <br /> any channel, watercourse, wetlands, or regulatory <br /> flood hazard area which may impede, retard or <br /> - change the direction of the flow of water, either <br /> in itself or by catching or collecting debris <br /> carried by such water, or that is placed where <br /> the flow of water might carry the same down- • <br /> stream to the damage of life or property. <br /> a) Natural Obstruction - any rock, tree, gravel <br /> or analogous natural matter that is an <br /> obstruction and has been located within the <br /> floodplain by a non-human cause. <br /> b) Artificial Obstruction - any obstruction <br /> which is not a natural obstruction. <br /> Ordinary High Water Mark - a mark delineating the highest water <br /> level wh3.ch has been maintained for <br /> a sufficient period of time to leave <br /> evidence upon the landscape. The <br /> ordinary high water mark is commonly <br /> that point where the natural vegetation <br /> changes from predominately aquatic to <br /> predominately terrestrial. <br /> -4- <br />