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Sec. 7-5.01.3 Statement of Purpose. Itis the purpose of this ordinance to <br /> promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to minimize <br /> public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by <br /> provisions designed to: <br /> A. protect human life and health; <br /> B. minimize- expenditure of public money for costly flood <br /> control projects; <br /> C. minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated. <br /> with_-flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of <br /> the general public; <br /> D. minimize interruptions in use of property; <br /> E. minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as <br /> water and gas mains; electric, telephone and sewer lines; <br /> and streets and bridges located in areas of special flood <br /> hazard; <br /> F. help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound <br /> use and development of areas of special flood hazard-so <br /> as to minimize future blighted areas caused by flood <br /> damage; <br /> G. ensure that potential buyers are notified that property is in <br /> an area of special flood hazard; and <br /> H. ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood <br /> hazard assume responsibility for their actions. <br /> Sec-.7-5.01.4 Methods of Reducing Flood Losses. In order to accomplish <br /> its purposes, this ordinance includes methods and provisions to: <br /> A. restrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous. to health, <br /> safety, and property due to water or erosion hazards, or <br /> which result in damaging increases in erosion or flood <br /> heights or velocities; <br /> B. require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities, <br /> which-serve such uses, be protected against flood damage <br /> at the time of initial construction; <br /> C. control the alteration of natural floodplains,- stream <br /> channels,. and natural protective baniers,which help - <br /> accommodate or channel flood waters; <br /> N:%DATA1CIientslLV.AH\Ord+loodplain.ard.wpd <br />