It is the purpose of this article to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas, by the provisions provided herein to:
(a) Protect human life and health;
(b) Minimize the need for future expenditures of public funds for costly flood control projects;
(c) Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and that are generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;
(d) Minimize prolonged business interruptions;
(e) Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities, such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges, that are located in floodplains;
(f) Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of floodprone areas in such a manner as to minimize potential future flood blight areas;
(g) Ensure that property owners, occupants, and potential property owners are aware of property located in flood hazard areas; and
(h) Require that persons who knowingly occupy flood-prone areas assume full responsibility for their actions.
(Ord. 11998, § 1, passed 6-13-1995; Ord. 25350-03-2022, § 1, passed 3-8-2022, eff. 3-23-2022)