§ 153.04 OBJECTIVES.

   The objectives of this chapter are:

   (A)   To protect human life, safety, and health;

   (B)   To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;

   (C)   To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;

   (D)   To minimize prolonged business losses and interruptions;

   (E)   To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities (i.e. water and gas mains, electric, telephone, cable and sewer lines, streets, and bridges) that are located in flood prone areas;

   (F)   To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood prone areas;

   (G)   To ensure that potential buyers are aware that property is in a special flood hazard area;

   (H)   To minimize damage to private and public property due to flooding;

   (I)   To make flood insurance available to the community through the National Flood Insurance Program; and

   (J)   To maintain the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains.

(Ord. 29, Art. 1, § D, passed 4-2-2007; Am. Ord. passed 10-7-2019)