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Nramer explained that his maps had been scaled off the official flood plain map which was adopted as part of the county’s zoning ordinance. As other proofs that the old mill sits just outside the flood plain, he cited:
—a letter from District Soil Conservationist Bill Adams written after an onsite inspection. The letter states that the mill “appears to be very near to the edge of the flood plain” with “perhaps its eastern wall...considered the boundary.” —aerial photographs on which the flood plain maps are based. —letters indicating that mills were traditionally built at the flood plain’s edge.
Colonial Building Washington resident Rex Lindstrom reported that a
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