§ 35-F104. Statement of Purpose.

(a)

It is the purpose of this ordinance to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas. It is also the purpose of this ordinance to promote land use controls necessary to qualify the city for flood insurance under requirements of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 with provisions designed:

(1)

To protect human life and property exposed to the hazards of flooding;

(2)

To avoid increasing flood levels or flood hazards or creating new flood hazards areas;

(3)

To minimize public and private property losses due to flooding;

(4)

To preserve the natural floodplains where at all possible;

(5)

To ensure that potential property owners are notified if property is in a special flood hazard area;

(6)

To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;

(7)

To minimize prolonged business interruptions;

(8)

To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets, and bridges located in special flood hazard areas;

(9)

To minimize expenditure of future public money for costly flood control projects; and

(10)

To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood prone areas in such a manner as to minimize future flood blight areas.

(Ord. No. 95415 § 1 Attachment A) (Ord. No. 2010-10-14-0894, § 2, 10-14-10)