The objectives of this chapter are to:
(A) 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) Minimize damage to private and public property due to flooding;
(G) Make flood insurance available to the community through the National Flood Insurance Program;
(H) Maintain the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains;
(I) Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood-prone areas;
(J) Ensure that potential buyers are aware that property is in a special flood hazard area or an area subject to potential flooding; and
(K) Mitigate flood risks in all areas of Kill Devil Hills by implementing local elevation standards for all special flood hazard areas and Shaded X and X Zones.
(Ord. 06-15, passed 7-26-06; Am. Ord. 17-23, passed 6-10-20)