This subchapter is enacted to minimize losses in those areas subject to periodic inundation which results in potential loss of life, loss of property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare. This subchapter is based upon a reasonable method of analyzing flood hazards which is consistent with the standards established by the state’s Department of Natural Resources.
(Prior Code, § 11.10)