(A) Statutory authorization. The Legislature of the State of Minnesota has, in M.S. Chapter 104 and Chapter 462, delegated the responsibility to local government units to adopt regulations designed to minimize flood losses. Therefore the City Council does ordain as follows.
(B) Findings of fact.
(1) The flood hazard areas of the city are subject to periodic inundation which results in potential loss of life, loss of property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety, and general welfare.
(2) This subchapter is based upon a reasonable method of analyzing flood hazards which is consistent with the standards established by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
(C) Purpose. It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare and to minimize those losses described in division (B)(1) above by provisions contained herein.
(D) Policy. The city prohibits filling activities within the 100-year floodplain that will cause an increase in the stage of the 100-year or regional flood or cause an increase in the flood damages in the reach affected.
(Ord. 73, passed 7-24-90; Am. Ord. 0802, passed 3-11-08)