CHAPTER 150: FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION

Section

General Provisions

   150.01   Findings of fact

   150.02   Statement of purpose

   150.03   Objectives

   150.04   Definitions

   150.05   Application

   150.06   Basis for establishing the Special Flood Hazard Area

   150.07   Establishment of floodplain development permit

   150.08   Compliance

   150.09   Conflict of law

   150.10   Interpretation

   150.11   Warning and disclaimer of liability

Administration

   150.25   Designation of Floodplain Administrator

   150.26   Floodplain development application, permit, and certification requirements

   150.27   Duties and responsibilities of the Floodplain Administrator

   150.28   Corrective procedures

   150.29   Variance procedures

Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction

   150.40   General standards

   150.41   Specific standards

   150.42   Standards for floodplains without established base flood elevations

   150.43   Standards for riverine floodplains with a base flood elevation but without floodways or non-encroachment areas

   150.44   Floodways and non-encroachment areas

   150.45   Coastal High Hazard Area (Zone VE)

   150.46   Standards for Coastal A Zones (Zone CAZ) LiMWA (limit of moderate wave action)

   150.47   Effect on existing laws and development

   150.99   Penalty

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 150.01 FINDINGS OF FACT.

   (A)   The flood prone areas within the jurisdiction of town subject to periodic inundation which results in loss of life, property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures of flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety, and general welfare.

   (B)   These flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains causing increases in flood heights and velocities and by the occupancy in flood prone areas of uses vulnerable to floods or other hazards.

(Ord. 2018-03, passed 7-2-2018)

§ 150.02 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

   It is the purpose of this chapter to promote public health, safety, and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions within flood prone areas by provisions designed to:

   (A)   Restrict or prohibit uses that are dangerous to health, safety, and property due to water or erosion hazards or that result in damaging increases in erosion, flood heights, or velocities;

   (B)   Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities that serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction;

   (C)   Control the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers which are involved in the accommodation of flood waters;

   (D)   Control filling, grading, dredging, and all other development that may increase erosion or flood damage; and

   (E)   Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers that will unnaturally divert flood waters or which may increase flood hazards to other lands.

(Ord. 2018-03, passed 7-2-2018)