16.08.600   Regulatory floodplain or floodprone area.
   "Regulatory floodplain or floodprone area" means that portion of the geologic floodplain associated with a watercourse, including its channel, or any other floodplain or floodprone area that would be inundated by the base flood, including all base floods where the base flood peak discharge is one hundred cfs or greater, those areas that are subject to sheet flooding except when the maximum potential contributing watershed area is less than twenty acres, those areas identified on subdivision plats or development plans, those areas designated by FEMA, including areas designated as Shaded Zone X as well as those areas that the chief engineer, using the best available data, has determined is subject to a flood hazard during the base flood.
(Ord. 2010-FC5 § 1 (part), 2010; Ord. 2005 FC-2 § 2 (part), 2005; Ord. 1999 FC-1 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 1988 FC-2 Art. 4 (part), 1988)