§ 154.03 OBJECTIVES.

   The objectives of this chapter are:

      (1) To protect human life and health;

      (2)   To minimize expenditures 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 interruptions;

      (5)   To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone, and sewer lines, and streets and bridges located in floodplains;

      (6)   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 flood blight areas; and

      (7)   To insure that potential home buyers are notified that property is in a flood area.

(Ord. 347, passed 3-10-87)