The objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To protect human life and health;
(2) To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
(3) To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;
(4) To minimize prolonged business losses and interruptions;
(5) To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities (i.e. water and gas mains, electric, telephone, cable and sewer lines, streets, and bridges) that are located in flood prone areas;
(6) Minimize damage to private and public property due to flooding;
(7) Make flood insurance available to the community through the National Flood Insurance Program;
(8) Maintain the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains;
(9) To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood prone areas; and
(10) To ensure that potential buyers are aware that property is in a special flood hazard area.
(Ord. passed 9-21-09; Am. Ord. passed 12-19-22)