§ 1109-02. Purpose and methods.  


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  • 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)