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Exhibit D to Ordinance 6295 D R A F T Draft Date 2.5.2010 Chapter 17.04 Definitions 1. Section 17.04.045 of the Auburn City Code is repealed in its entirety. 2. Section 17.04.300 is
amended to read as follows: 17.04.300 Regulatory floodway. “Regulatory floodway” means the channel of a stream or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved
in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot at any point. the channel of a river or other water course and the
adjacent land areas which must be reserved in order to discharge a flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation by more than one foot, as indicated on the applicable
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) map. 3. Chapter 17.04 is amended by adding a new section 17.04.305, as follows: 17.04.305 Regulatory Floodplain. “Regulatory Floodplain” means the area
of the Special Flood Hazard Area and all Protected Areas within the City of Auburn. It also includes newly designated Special Flood Hazard Areas and Protected Areas that are delineated
pursuant to City Law. 4. Chapter 17.04 is amended by adding a new section 17.04.335, as follows: 17.04.335 Special Flood Hazard Area. “Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)” means the land
subject to inundation by the base flood. Special Flood Hazard Areas are identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled “Flood Insurance
Study for the City of Auburn“ dated May 16, 1995,and any revisions thereto, and designated on Flood Insurance Rate Maps with the letters “A” including AE, AO, AH, A1-99.