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DRAFT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Subd. 160 Regional flood. A flood which is representative of large floods known to have <br />occurred generally in Minnesota and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to <br />occur on an average frequency in the magnitude of the 100-year recurrence interval. <br />Regional flood is synonymous with the term “base flood”, 1 percent annual chance flood, <br />or 100-year elevation. <br /> <br />Subd. 161 Regulatory flood protection elevation. The regulatory flood protection <br />elevation shall be an elevation no lower than one foot above the elevation of the regional <br />flood plus any increases in flood elevation caused by encroachments on the flood plain <br />that result from designation of a floodway. (Added 05/05/10) <br /> <br />Subd. 162 Research. The use of any lot, parcel of land and any structure or building <br />located thereon for the purposes of studying or investigating facts not readily available, <br />such as, for example, medical, chemical, electrical, metallurgical, or other scientific <br />research, but excluding the manufacture or processing of materials or goods for sale. Re- <br />search with animals is considered a separate category. <br /> <br />Subd. 163 Research animals. Animals kept in a laboratory setting for the purpose of <br />testing and research related health care products. <br /> <br />Subd. 164 Research and development facility. Establishments which conduct research, <br />development, or controlled production of high technology electronic, industrial, or <br />scientific products or commodities for sale; or establishments conducting educational or <br />medical research or testing. May include limited accommodations for researchers or <br />research subjects. Research with animals is considered a separate category. (Added <br />6/28/10) <br /> <br />Subd. 165 Residence hall, dormitory. A building designed for or used as group living <br />quarters for students of a high school, college, university or seminary, organized and <br />owned by a high school, college, university or seminary. (Added 6/28/10) <br /> <br />Subd. 166 Residential facility. Any facility, public or private, which for gain or <br />otherwise, regularly provides one or more persons with a twenty-four (24) hours per day <br />substitute for care, food, lodging, training, education, supervision, habilitation, <br />rehabilitation and treatment they need, but which for any reason cannot be furnished in <br />the person's own home, including but not limited to, state institutions under the control of <br />the commissioner of public welfare, foster homes, residential treatment centers, maternity <br />shelters, group homes, residential programs, or schools for handicapped children. <br /> <br />DRAFT: 6/3/2010 <br />Page 20 of 50