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§ 10 .55 12 , "Regional Flood " - A flood which is representative of large floods known to have occurred generally in Minnesota and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur on an average-frequency in the magnitude of the 100-year recurrence interval. Regional flood is synonymous with the term "base flood" used in the Flood Insurance Study. 13. "Structure" - Anything, or part thereof, which is built, constructed or erected, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, which requires a location on, below, or above the ground, land, or water. 14. "Wetlands or Marshland" - Lowlands covered with shallow and sometimes temporary or intermittent waters and also identifiable by wetlands vegetation and soil types. 15. "Wetlands Vegetation Types" - Including, but not limited to, bulrushes, cattails, arrowhead, sedges, marsh grasses as identified by the Hennepin Soil and �later Conservation District and/or Circular 39 of the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 16. "Wetlands Soil Types" - Including, but not limited to, Marsh (Ma) , Peat and Peaty Muck (Pa, Pm) Lake Beaches (Lc, Ld) , Hamel (Ha) , and Glencoe (Gc) as identified and classified by the Hennepin Soil and Water Conservation District and/or Circular 39 of the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Subd. 4. Definition and Establishment of Protected Areas. The "Flood Plain and Wetlands Conservation Area" , hereinafter referred to as the protected area, is defined and established to be the low areas and flood plain adjoining and including any watercourse or drainage way or body of water subject to periodic flooding or overflow. These areas are divided into the following three protected area districts: A. Floodway Distr ict (FW) - The Floodway Distr ict shall include those areas designated as floodway in the Flood Insurance Study, including without limitation the surface and shoreline of Lake Minnetonka below elevation 929.4 MSL, the surface and shoreline of other lakes, ponds and wetlands belaw the ordinary highwater elevation, and the designated floodway of all streams and flowage areas. 8. Flood Fringe District (FFD) - The Flood Fringe District shall include those areas designated as floodway fringe in the Flood Insurance Study, including without limitation the shoreline of Lake Minnetonka between elevations 929.4 MSL and 931.5 MSL, the area between the floodway and the edge of the 100-year � � •;- flood on all other lakes, ponds and streams, all designated sheet ORONO CC 363 (4-1-84)