The objectives of this chapter are:
(A) To protect human life and health;
(B) To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
(C) To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally under-taken at the expense of the general public;
(D) To minimize prolonged business inter- ruptions;
(E) To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in flood plains;
(F) To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood prone areas in a manner as to minimize flood blight areas; and
(G) To insure that potential home buyers are notified that property is in a flood area; and
(H) ICC Benefit. To notify potential property owners of the provisions of the ICC which allow additional funding to be made available in order to bring structures into compliance with FEMA regulations.
(I) Maintain all records pertaining to the administration of this chapter and make these records available to the public.
(`95 Code, § 5-4-4) (Ord. 26-04, passed 10-26-04; Am. Ord. 15-07, passed 6-26-07)