This chapter is enacted pursuant to the police powers granted to the city by 65 ILCS 5/1-2-1, 11-12-12, 11-30-2, 11-30-9 and 11-31-2, in order to accomplish the following purposes:
(A) To prevent unwise development from increasing the flood or drainage hazards to others;
(B) To protect new buildings and major improvements to buildings from flood drainage;
(C) To protect human life and health from the hazards of flooding;
(D) To lessen the burden on the taxpayer for flood control projects, repairs to flood-damaged public facilities and utilities, and flood rescue and relief operations;
(E) To maintain property values and a stable tax base by minimizing the potential for creating flood blight areas;
(F) To make federally subsidized flood insurance available for property in the city; and
(G) To provide for the orderly growth and development (pursuant to the city’s Comprehensive Plan) of an environment that is especially sensitive to changes from human activity.
(1994 Code, § 152.01) (Ord. 323, passed 3-28-1983)