This chapter is enacted pursuant to the police powers granted to this city by Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 24, §§ 1-2-1, 11-12-12, 11-30-8 and 11-31-2 for the following purposes:
(A) To prevent unwise developments from increasing the flood or drainage hazards to others;
(B) To protect new buildings and major improvements to buildings from flood damage;
(C) To protect human life and health from the hazards of flooding;
(D) To lessen the burden on the taxpayer for flood control projects, repairs to flood-damaged public facilities and utilities, and flood rescue and relief operations;
(E) To maintain property values and a stable tax base by minimizing the potential for creating flood blighted areas; and
(F) To make federally subsidized flood insurance available for property in the city by fulfilling the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.
(1986 Code, § 22.12.010) (Ord. 1291, passed - -1986)