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flood, otherwise referred to as a one hundred (100) year flood; as designated by the Iowa National Resources Council or the Federal Insurance Administration. 13. "Flood Plain Management Ordinance" means an ordinance regulating the development of all property located within a flood plain as shown on the FEMA flood plain map for the City of Tiffin. The Tiffin Flood Plain Management Ordinance is Ordinance No. 1994-185. No provision of this Ordinance shall vary the terms and conditions of the Flood Plain Management Ordinance. 14. "Floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent lands that must be reserved in order to discharge the waters of a one hundred (100) year flood without cumulatively raising the waterway surface elevation more than one (1) foot. 15. "Forty-acre aliquot part" means one-quarter of one-quarter of a section. 16. "Fringe Area Agreement" refers to the Fringe Area Agreement entered into between the City of Tiffin and Johnson County in 1997 regarding zoning and subdivision issues in the area around the City of Tiffin as defined in that Agreement. All applications referring the Applicant to the City of Tiffin shall follow the terms and provisions of this Ordinance and of the Zoning Ordinance unless the Fringe Area Agreement specifically provides otherwise. 17. "Government lot" means a tract, within a section, that is normally described by a lot number as represented and identified on the township plat of the United States public land survey system. 18. "Improvements" mean changes to land necessary to prepare it for building sites including but not limited to grading, filling, street paving, curb paving, sidewalks, walk ways,