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Sec. 43B. Definitions.

When used in this article the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings herein ascribed to them unless another
meaning is plainly apparent from the context:

1. "Flood plain" means the extent of the intermediate regional
flood (100 year flood) as defined by the studies of the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers and adopted as district boundaries by section
43A.

2. "Flood way" means the extent of the channel of a


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watercourse and adjacent land areas which are required to carry
and discharge the flood water of an intermediate regional flood
(100 year flood) without increasing flood stages more than one
foot above the levels which would occur naturally. (6-4-73, § 1.)