Section
General Provisions
153.01 Statutory authorization
153.02 Findings of fact
153.03 Statement of purpose
153.04 Objectives
153.05 Definitions
153.06 Application
153.07 Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard
153.08 Development permit requirement
153.09 Compliance
153.10 Abrogation and greater restrictions
153.11 Interpretation
153.12 Warning and disclaimer of liability
153.13 Conflict with other ordinances
153.14 Severability
Administration
153.25 Administrator; duties, responsibilities
153.26 Permit procedures
153.27 Board of Zoning Appeals
153.28 Variances; conditions
Flood Hazard Reduction
153.40 General standards
153.41 Specific standards
153.42 Standards for special flood hazard areas with established base flood elevations and floodways designated
153.43 Standards for areas of special flood hazard Zones AE with established base flood elevations but without floodways designated
153.44 Standards for streams without established base flood elevations and floodways (A Zones)
153.45 Standards for areas of shallow flooding (AO and AH Zones)
153.46 Standards for areas protected by flood protection system (A-99 Zones)
153.47 Standards for unmapped streams
153.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The legislature of the state has, in Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 13-7-201 through 13-7-210, delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to adopt regulations designed to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of its citizenry.
(1994 Code, § 14-401) (Ord. 514, passed 8-8-1994; Ord. 703, passed 5-24-2010)
(A) The city’s Mayor and its legislative body wishes to maintain eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and, in order to do so, must meet the NFIP regulations found in 44 C.F.R. § 60.3.
(B) Areas of the city are subject to periodic inundation which could result 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.
(C) Flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains, causing increases in flood heights and velocities; by uses in flood hazard areas which are vulnerable to floods; or construction which is inadequately elevated, floodproofed or otherwise unprotected from flood damages.
(Ord. 703, passed 5-24-2010)
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