Floodway shall mean the channel of a watercourse or drainway and the adjacent land areas that are necessary to be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a reasonable height, as designated by the department.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-1008
Floodway, defined
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Giger v. City of Omaha (1989)
Most recently applied in Giger v. City of Omaha (June 1989)
Laws 1983, LB 35, § 8; Laws 2000, LB 900, § 76.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.