The objectives of this chapter are to:
(A) Protect human life and health;
(B) Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
(C) Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;
(D) Minimize prolonged business interruptions;
(E) Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in floodplains;
(F) Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of floodplain areas in a manner so as to minimize future flood blight areas; and
(G) Ensure that potential home buyers are notified that property is in a flood area.
(`94 Code, § 1-144) (Ord. passed 6-9-87)