§ 151.04 OBJECTIVES.

   The objectives of this chapter are:

   (A)    To protect human life, safety, and health;

   (B)   To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;

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

   (D)   To minimize prolonged business losses and interruptions;

   (E)   To 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)   To minimize damage to private and public property due to flooding;

   (G)   To make flood insurance available to the community through the National Flood Insurance Program;

   (H)   To maintain the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains;

   (I)   To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood-prone areas; and

   (J)   To ensure that potential buyers are aware that property is in a special flood hazard area.

(Ord. passed 10-11-2005; Am. Ord. 2020-03, passed 5-12-2020)