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-7- Bank: The bank shall be defined as the area contiguous to the floodway as defined in Chapter 5 of the City Code where a continuous slope of thirty-five (35) percent or more ends and becomes less steeply sloped or the edge of the average annual waterline of a watercourse, whichever is greater. The location of the bank shall be determined by the Director based on this definition. Channelization: Alteration of the natural cross-sectional area and/or profile of a water course to increase the hydraulic efficiency or carrying capacity of an existing waterway. Development: Construction, building, excavation, dredging, grading, filling, clearing, removing vegetation; provided, however, that pruning and other forms of general and regular maintenance of vegetation on property shall not be considered development. Director: Director of Environment and Engineering. Floodplain: Any and all land area adjoining the channel of a river, stream, lake, watercourse, marshy area or other drainage element, which has been or may be inundated by storm water runoff. The extent of the floodplain shall be determined by the crest of a flood having an average frequency of occurrence of once in one hundred (100) years, as established by the Federal Insurance Administration. Floodway: The channel of a river or other water course and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood (a 100 year storm or the storm that has a 1% chance of occurring in a year) without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation Impervious cover: Roads, streets, parking areas, buildings, sidewalks, and other construction covering the natural land surface that is impenetrable to storm water. Natural drainage: Route of storm water conveyance not significantly affected by development. Natural state: Substantially the same conditions of the land which existed prior to its development, including, but not limited to, the same type, quality, quantity and distribution of soils, ground cover, vegetation and topographic features. Restoration: Establishment of plants, grasses and vegetation native to a particular site for the purposes of erosion control and preservation or restoration of biological and physical habitat. Revegetation: Establishment of plants, grasses and vegetation not necessarily native to a particular site for the purposes of landscaping and erosion control. Overland drainase: Storm water runoff not confined or routed by any natural or man-made channel such as a creek, swale, drainage ditch or storm sewer.