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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 2 23 <br />March 7, 2016 <br /> Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit A | March 2016 | Page 23 of 339 <br />38. "Fill" means any solid or semi-solid material that when placed, changes the grade <br />or elevation of the receiving site, including the addition of soil, sand, rock, gravel, <br />sediment, earth retaining structure, or other material to an area waterward of the <br />ordinary high water mark (OHWM), in wetlands, or on shorelands in a manner that <br />raises the elevation or creates dry land. <br />39. "Fish and wildlife habitat conservation area" means Fish and Wildlife Habitat <br />Conservation Areas (FWHCA) that serve a critical role in sustaining needed habitats <br />and species for the functional integrity of the ecosystem, and which, if altered, may <br />reduce the likelihood that the species will persist over the long term. These areas <br />may include, but are not limited to, rare or vulnerable ecological systems; <br />communities; and habitat or habitat elements including seasonal ranges, breeding <br />habitat, winter range, and movement corridors; and areas with high relative <br />population density or species richness. These areas do not include such artificial <br />features or constructs as irrigation delivery systems, irrigation infrastructure, <br />irrigation canals, or drainage ditches that lie within the boundaries of and are <br />maintained by a port district or an irrigation district or company. <br />40. "Floodplain" is synonymous with one hundred-(100)-year floodplain and means <br />that land area susceptible to inundation with a one percent (1%) chance of being <br />equaled or exceeded in any given year. The limit of this area shall be based upon <br />flood ordinance regulation maps or a reasonable method which meets the objectives <br />of the act. <br />41. "Floodway" means the area, as identified in a master program, that either: <br />1. Has been established in federal emergency management agency flood <br />insurance rate maps or floodway maps (defined as the channel of a river or <br />other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order <br />to discharge the base flood (one hundred-(100)-year flood) without cumulatively <br />increasing water surface elevation more than a designated height of one (1) <br />foot); or <br />2. Consists of those portions of a river valley lying streamward from the outer <br />limits of a watercourse upon which flood waters are carried during periods of <br />flooding that occur with reasonable regularity, although not necessarily <br />annually; said floodway being identified, under normal condition, by changes in <br />surface soil conditions or changes in types or quality of vegetative ground cover <br />condition, topography, or other indicators of flooding that occur with reasonable <br />regularity, although not necessarily annually. Regardless of the method used to <br />identify the floodway, the floodway shall not include those lands that can <br />reasonably be expected to be protected from flood waters by flood control <br />devices maintained by or maintained under license from the federal <br />government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state. <br />42. "Frequently flooded areas" means lands in the floodplain subject to a one percent <br />(1%) or greater chance of flooding in any given year, or within areas subject to