§ 17.02.180. Designated floodway—Regulatory floodway.  


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  • "Designated floodway—Regulatory floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood (one hundred year flood) without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point.

(Ord. 97-4 § 4, 1997: prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(25))