As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Channel' means that area of a stream where water normally flows between banks and not that area beyond where vegetation exists.(2) 'Obstruction' means sandbars formed by the natural flow of a stream, temporary structures, planks, snags, and debris in and along the existing channel which cause a flood hazard.L. 74: Entire article added, p. 230, § 1, effective May 14.
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