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774-6021 MAIER STEWART ASSOC. 124 Pll APR 21' 93 15: 15 . 4.4 Aood frine.c. The portiOD or ~he floodplain outside of the noodway:. 4.5 floodplain. The areas adjoining a watercourse or water basin that have been or may be covered by a regional flood.. 4.6 F1oodwav. The chaonel of the watercourse. the bed of water basins, and those portions or the adjoining floodplains that are reasonably required to eany and discharlc floodwater and provide water storage during a regional flood. 4.7 Hvdric soils. Soils that are saturated, flooded. or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic: conditions in lhe upper part. 4.8 Hvdrophvtic ve~etatiott. Macrophytic plant life growing in water. soil or aD a sub~trate that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen as a result of excessive water contenL 4.9 Land disturb;"\! or dcyelooment activities. Any change of the laed surface including removinl vegetative cover. excavating. filling, grading. and the construction of any structure. 4.10 Pe~Qn. Any individual, firm, corporation. partnenhip, franchisee, association or governmental entity. 4.11 Public walen. Waters of the state as defined in Minnesota Statula, section 1030.005, subdivision 15. . 4.12 Re2ional flood. A flood that is representative of large floods known to have occurred generally in the stalc and reasonably characteristic of wbat can be expected to occur on an average frequency in tbe magnitude of a lOO-year recurrence intervaL 4.13 Retention facititv. A permanent natural or man made structure that provides Cor lhe storage or storm water runoff by means of a permanent pool of water. 4.14 Sediment. Solid matter carried by water, sewage, or other liquids. 4.1 S Structure. Anything manuCactured, constructed or erected which is normally attached to or positioned on land, including portable structures, earthen structures, roads, p.rkin~ lots. and paved storage areas. 4.16 Wet)ands. Lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where tbe water table is usually at or near the surCace or the land is covered by shallow water. For purposes or this definition, wetlands must have the following three attnDutes: 8) Have a predominance of hydric: soils; b) Are inundated or saturaled by surface or ground water at a Crequency Bnd duration sufficient to support II prewtence or hydrophytic vegetatioD typically adapted Cor life in saturated soil conditions; and . c) Under normal circumstances support a prevalence of such vegetation. [COMMENTARY: }.fany of the above de[lJ1itions are derived from stQt~ law. A local government should insure ,hat the de{rnitions fJre also consistent wirh defrnitions ilf the local zon.ing code.}