1. Statement of Purpose. It is the purpose of this Section to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize flood losses by provisions designed to:
A. Restrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health, safety or property in times of flood or cause increased flood heights or velocities.
B. Protect the quality and quantity of surface and subsurface water supplies adjacent to and underlying flood hazard areas.
C. Provide areas for the deposition of flood bourne sediment.
D. Require uses vulnerable to floods, including public facilities, be constructed so as to be protected against flood damage.
E. Protect individuals from buying lands which are unsuited for intended purposes because of flood hazard.
2. General Provisions.
A. The Flood Hazard Area is that land as shown on the Official Zoning Map, and the Flood Hazard District consists of all land in the Flood Hazard Area. The Flood Hazard Area is that area defined as an indicated floodplain area in the Hanover Township Floodplain Ordinance (Chapter 8) of the Statutory Code of Hanover Township. The Section applies to all land within the Flood Hazard District. [Ord. 419]
B. The boundaries of the Flood Hazard Area shall be determined by scaling distances off the zoning map. Where interpretation is needed as to the exact location of the boundaries of the district as shown on the Zoning map, as for