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floodplain. The flood fringe encompasses the portion of the floodplain that could be completely <br />obstructed without increasing the water surface elevation of the one-hundred-year floodplain more <br />than one foot at any point. (Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994). <br />17A.02.110 Flood protection elevation. <br />The "flood protection elevation" is considered under the Kittitas County Flood Damage Prevention <br />Ordinance #93-18 to be one foot above the base flood elevation. (Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994). <br />17A.02.120 Floodplain. <br />The "floodplain" means those lands or areas which are subject to a one percent or greater chance of <br />flooding in any given year or within the one-hundred-year floodplain. (Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994). <br />17A.02.130 Floodway. <br />The "floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that <br />must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water <br />surface elevation more than one foot. (Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994). <br />17A.02.140 Frequently flooded area. <br />"Frequently flooded areas" means the one-hundred-year floodplain, which are lands subject to a one <br />percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year, as designated by the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency Federal Insurance Rate Map for Kittitas County. (Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994). <br />17A.02.150 Geologically hazardous areas. <br />"Geologically hazardous areas" are areas that because of their susceptibility to erosion, sliding, <br />earthquake, or other geological events, are not suited to the siting of major commercial, residential, <br />or industrial development consistent with public health or safety concerns without proper <br />engineering consideration and design. The term commercial should not be construed to include <br />natural resource activities. (Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994). <br />17A.02.160 Groundwater. <br />"Groundwater" means all water that exists beneath the land surface or beneath the bed of any <br />stream, lake or reservoir, or other body of surface water, whatever may be the geological formation <br />or structure in which such water stands, flows, percolates or otherwise moves, as defined in RCW <br />90.44.035. (Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994). <br />17A.02.170 Hazardous materials. <br />"Hazardous materials" is defined identically to the definition contained in state law at RCW <br />70.102.010. It means those substances or materials identified as such under regulations adopted <br />pursuant to the Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, <br />the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response <br />Compensation and Liability Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the <br />Occupational Safety and Health Act Hazardous Communications Standards, and the State Hazardous <br />Waste Act. (Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994). <br />17A.02.180 Irrigation. <br />"Irrigation" is the artificial application of water to land, from either surface or groundwater sources. <br />(Ord. 9422 (part), 1994). <br />17A.02.190 Irrigation system. <br />"Irrigation system" means all related water and access rights, structures, and equipment, including <br />but not limited to standpipes, weir boxes, pipelines, ditches, pump houses, power sources, culverts, <br />spur lines, laterals, irrigation sprinklers, and any other artificial conveyance of water for agricultural <br />purposes. Portions of streams utilized for return flows also constitute part of the irrigation system. <br />(Ord. 94-22 (part), 1994).