(A) It is the purpose of the Flood Prevention District to protect the natural, human, structural, and economic resources of the township; and to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by application of special regulations for the use of land which is, or may be, subject to periodic inundation by floods and flood waters at predictable intervals. These regulations, while permitting reasonable economic use and considering the physical limitations of such land, will help to protect public health, public safety, and general welfare, and will reduce the financial burdens imposed upon the community which may result from the improper use of such land.
(B) These regulations are designed to:
(1) Restrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health, safety, and welfare, and property due to water or erosion or in flood heights or velocities;
(2) Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction;
(3) Control filling, grading, dredging, obstructions, and other developments which may increase erosion or flood damage; and
(4) Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally divert flood waters, or impede or obstruct the flow thereof, or which may increase flood hazards to other lands.
(Ord. passed 3-25-2008)