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flood damage; 3. Public and private recreational uses not requIring permanent or temporary structures designed for human habitation, such as parks, swimming areas, golf courses, driving ranges, picnic grounds, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, fish hatcheries, shooting preserves, target ranges, trap and skeet ranges, and hunting, fishing and hiking areas; and 4. Utility facilities, such as flowage areas, transmission lines, pipelines, water-monitoring devices, streets and bridges. B. Any open use permitted by this section which requires fill, excavation, temporary or permanent structures associated with any such open use shall be considered a restricted use, shall require a floodplain development permit, and shall be subject to the provisions of 17.56.160. C. A floodplain development permit shall be required for all uses permitted by subsection A. of this section. 17.56.160 Flood regulatory district -- Regulations. The following regulations shall apply in the flood regulatory district and all areas of special flood hazard. A. Flood District - Encroachments. The cumulative effect of any proposed development, when combined with all other exiting and anticipated development, shall not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point. Certification by a registered professional engineer stating that any encroachment shall not result in such an iricrease in flood levels during the occurrence of a hundred-year flood shall be required. B. Structures. 1. Structures will have a low flood-damage potential. 2. The structure or structures, if permitted, will be constructed and placed on the building site so as to offer the minimum obstruction to the flow of floodwaters. Whenever possible, structures will be constructed with the 12