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Section 7 -9 -224 Floodplain management means the operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage and preserving and enhancing, where possible, natural resources in the floodplain, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, floodplain management regulations, and open space plans. Section 7 -9 -225 Floodplain management regulations means this ordinance and other zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances (such as grading and erosion control) and other application of police power which control development in flood -prone areas. This term describes federal, state or local regulations in any combination thereof which provide standards for preventing and reducing flood loss and damage. Section 7 -9 -226 Floodproofing means any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to stnactures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures, and their contents. Section 7 -9 -227 Flood- related erosion means the collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other body of water as a result of undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels or suddenly caused by an unusually high water level in a natural body of water, accompanied by a severe storm, or by an unanticipated force of nature, such as a flash flood or an abnormal tidal surge, or by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event which results in flooding. Section 7 -9 -228 Flood - related erosion area or Flood - related erosion prone area means a land area adjoining the shore of a lake or other body of water, which due to the composition of the shoreline or bank and high water levels or wind -driven currents, is likely to suffer flood- related erosion damage. Section 7 -9 -229 Flood - related erosion area management means the operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood- related erosion damage, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood - related erosion control works, and floodplain management regulations. Section 7 -9 -230 Floodwav means the channel of a river 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. Also referred to as "Regulatory Floodway". Section 7 -9 -231 Floodwav encroachment lines means the lines marking the limits of floodways on Federal, State and local floodplain maps. 6