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;
(J) Ensure that potential buyers are aware that property is in a special flood hazard area or area subject to potential flooding; and
(K) Mitigate flood risks in all areas of the Town of Duck by implementing local elevation standards for all Special Flood Hazard Areas and Shaded X and X zones.
(Ord. 20-01, passed 5-20-2020)