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GENERAL STANDARDS
§ 152.01 STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION.
   The Legislature of the State of South Carolina has in S.C. Code of Laws, Title 5 and Title 6, and amendments thereto, delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to adopt regulations designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry. Therefore, the Mayor and City Council of Easley, South Carolina does ordain as follows.
(Ord. 2015-14, passed 11-9-15)
§ 152.02 FINDINGS OF FACT.
   (A)   The special flood hazard areas of the city are subject to periodic inundation which results in loss of life, property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures of flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety, and general welfare.
   (B)   Furthermore, these flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains causing increases in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy in flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to floods or hazardous to other lands which are inadequately elevated, floodproofed, or otherwise unprotected from flood damages.
(Ord. 2015-14, passed 11-9-15)
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