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Code of Ordinances |
Title XI. CINCINNATI BUILDING CODE |
Chapter 1109. FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION |
§ 1109-02. Purpose and methods.
1109-02.1 Purpose: It is the purpose of Chapter 1109 CBC to promote the public health, safety and general welfare, and to:
(1)
Protect human life and health;
(2)
Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
(3)
Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;
(4)
Minimize prolonged business interruptions;
(5)
Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in areas of special flood hazard;
(6)
Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the proper use and development of areas of special flood hazard so as to protect property and minimize future flood blight areas;
(7)
Ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions;
(8)
Minimize the impact of development on adjacent properties within and near flood prone areas;
(9)
Ensure that the flood storage and conveyance functions of the floodplain are maintained;
(10)
Minimize the impact of development on the natural, beneficial values of the floodplain;
(11)
Prevent floodplain uses that are either hazardous or environmentally incompatible; and
(12)
Meet community participation requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.
1109-02.2 Methods of Reducing Flood Loss: In order to accomplish its purposes, the following methods and provisions are included in Chapter 1109 CBC:
(1)
Restricting or prohibiting uses which are dangerous to health, safety, and property due to water hazards, or which result in damaging increases in flood heights or velocities;
(2)
Requiring that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities, which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction;
(3)
Controlling the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers, which help accommodate or channel flood waters;
(4)
Controlling filling, grading, dredging, excavating, and other development which may increase flood damage; and
(5)
Preventing or regulating the construction of flood barriers, which will unnaturally divert flood, waters or which may increase flood hazards in other areas.
(Emer. Ord. No. 035-2010, § 5, eff. Feb. 10, 2010)