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Appendix A —Ordinances <br />Updated Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP) <br />City of Ramsey, Minnesota <br />(2) th Gtructur and/ r land use c of rm t th c mproh nGivc land us plan if n eximta <br />and are c mpatible with the xiGting n ighb rh d. <br />Equal Degree of EHcroachmcnt A m th d f determining the 1 cati n f fl dway <br />boundaries s that fl d plain lands n b th cid G f a stream ar capabl f c nv ying a pr p rti nat <br />share f fl d fl ws. <br />Flood A temp rary increase in the fl w r stage f a stream r in the stage f a wetland <br />r lake that results, in th inundati n f n many dry ar as,. <br />Flood Frequency The frequency f r which it is expected that a specific fl d stage r <br />discharge may be equaled r exceeded. <br />Flood Fringe That p rti n f the fl d plain utside f the fl dway. Fl d fringe is <br />syn nym us with the term "fl dway fringe" used in the F1 d Insurance Study f r Ramsey. <br />Flood Plain The beds pr per and the areas adj ining a wetland, lake r waterc urce <br />pr perties and structures subject t o ding, primarily f r the reducti n r eliminati n f fl d damages. <br />Floodway Tho b d fa wetland r lak and th channel f a waterc urce and th G <br />discharge. <br />Obstruction Any dam, wall, wharf, cmbankm nt, love , dike, pil , abutm nt, pr jecti n, <br />retard, r change the dir cti n f the fl w f wat r, oith r in itself r by catching r c llccting debris carried <br />b. ,fir <br />Principal Use or Structure moans, all us r Gtructur G that arc n t acs G. ry uses r <br />structures. <br />Reach A hydraulic engineering t nn t d scribe a 1 ngitudinal G gmcnt f a Gtr am r <br />riv r influ need by a natural r man made bGtructi n. In an urban ar a, the G gmont f a stream r riv r <br />between tw c ns cutive bridg cr G„ingG w uld m Gt typically c nGtitute a roach. <br />Regional Flood A fl d which is r pr Gontative f larg fl ds kn wn t hav ccurr d <br />generally in Mimes to and r a nably charact riGtic f what can b xp ct d t ccur n an avcrag <br />fr qu ncy in th magnitude f the 100 year r curr nc interval. R gi nal fl d is syn nym us with tho <br />term "base fl d" used in the Fl d Insurance Study. <br />Regulatory- Flood Protection Elevation The Regulat ry F1 d Pr tecti n Elevati n <br />shall be an elevati nn 1 w r than n f t ab ve th lovati n f the r gi nal fl d plus, any incr a;cG in <br />fl d elevati n caused by encr achments n the fl d plain that result fr m designati n f a fl dway. <br />Appendix A <br />February 20, 2015March 6, 2015 <br />Page 32 <br />