The objectives of this chapter are:
(A) To protect human life, safety and health;
(B) Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
(C) Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;
(D) Minimize prolonged business losses and interruptions;
(E) Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities (i.e. water and gas mains, electric, telephone, cable and sewer lines, streets and bridges) that are located in flood prone areas;
(F) Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood prone areas;
(G) Ensure that potential buyers are aware that property is in a Special Flood Hazard Area;
(H) Minimize damage to private and public property and public property due to flooding;
(I) Make flood insurance available to community through the National Flood Insurance Program; and
(J) Maintain the natural and the beneficial functions of floodplains.
(Ord. passed 9-13-1999; Am. Ord. passed 11-14-2005; Am. Ord. passed 6-11-2018)