(A)
The flood hazard areas of the town are subject to periodic inundation, which results in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare.
(B) These flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in areas of special flood hazards which increase flood heights and velocities, and when inadequately anchored, damage uses in other areas. Uses that are adequately floodproofed, elevated or otherwise protected from flood damage also contribute to the flood loss.
(Ord. passed 6-22-1981; Ord. passed 12-19-1988; Ord. passed 5-31-2022)
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 14, page 122; TM Volume 16, page 262, Amended