(A) The flood hazard areas of the City of Elephant Butte are subject to periodic inundation which results in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, and extraordinary public expenditures of flood protection and relief, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare.
(B) These flood loses are created by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains which cause an increase in flood heights and velocities, and by occupancy of flood hazards areas by uses vulnerable to floods and hazardous to other lands because they are inadequately elevated, flood proofed or otherwise protected from flood damage.
(Ord. 76, passed 11-17-2004)