Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 8. ZONING |
Division 82. GENERAL REGULATIONS |
Chapter 82-28. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT |
Articles 82-28.4. and 82-28.5. - Definitions |
§ 82-28.496. Regulatory floodway.
Latest version.
"Regulatory floodway" 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 0.30 meter (one-foot).
(Ord. 2000-33, 99-35).