It is the purpose of the Flood Plain Overlay District to promote the general health, welfare and safety of people in the City by minimizing the risk of flood damage to property and to protect human life through the institution of development standards in the one hundred year flood plain. Specifically, the purpose of the Flood Plain Overlay District is to protect persons and property in the City from a one hundred year flood by retaining sufficient natural floodway area to convey flood flows and to assure the proper floodproofing of structures located and constructed in areas subject to flooding. It is also the purpose of the Flood Plain Overlay District to minimize risks to public health and safety by minimizing the risk of flood damage to the water supply, sanitary sewage disposal, natural drainage and other public and private utility systems by regulating design and construction of and development in areas subject to flooding. It is also the purpose of the Flood Plain Overlay District to reduce potential financial burdens caused by flood damage by providing accepted design and construction standards for development in areas subject to the one hundred year flood.
(Ord. 0-531. Passed 2-23-88.)