Sec. 14-4. Objectives.

   The following are the objectives of this chapter:

      (1)   Protect human life, safety, and health;

      (2)   Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;

      (3)   Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;

      (4)   Minimize prolonged business losses and interruptions;

      (5)   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 floodprone areas;

      (6)   Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of floodprone areas; and

      (7)   Ensure that potential buyers are aware that property is in a special flood hazard area.

(Code 1989, § 95.004)