The objectives of this chapter are to:
(A) Protect human life, safety, and health;
(B) Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
(C) Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;
(D) Minimize prolonged business losses and interruptions;
(E) 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;
(F) Minimize damage to private and public property due to flooding;
(G) Make flood insurance available to the community through the National Flood Insurance Program;
(H) Maintain the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains;
(I) Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood-prone areas; and
(J) Ensure that potential buyers are aware that property is in a special flood hazard area or other areas vulnerable to flooding.
(K) Mitigate flood risks in all areas of unincorporated Dare County by implementing local elevation standards for all special flood hazard areas and Shaded X and X Zones.
(Ord. passed 9-20-2006; Am. Ord. passed 5-3-2020)