A. It is the intent of this DISTRICT to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize losses in areas subject to periodic inundation. These losses include life and property, damage to STRUCTURES, injury to PERSONS, disruption of public and private activities and services, burdensome 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.
B. It is the purpose of the provisions in this Article to:
1. Restrict or prohibit USES which are dangerous to health, safety or property in times of flood or which could cause increased flood heights or velocities and to permit uses of the floodplain compatible with the preservation of natural conditions and the maintenance of the stream flow throughout the year.
2. Provide sufficient drainage courses to carry abnormal flows of stormwater in periods of heavy precipitation.
3. Permit only those uses that are compatible with development of flood-prone areas, as herein defined, and which will not impede the flow or storage of floodwaters or otherwise cause danger to life and property at, above or below their locations along the floodplain.
4. Protect the quality and quantity of surface and subsurface water supplies adjacent to and underlying floodplain areas.
5. Provide areas for the deposition of flood-borne sediment.
6. Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including public facilities, be constructed so as to be protected against flood damage.
7. Preserve the integrity of stream banks and their immediate vicinity from erosion and degradation of natural vegetation.
8. Regulate or prevent the erection of buildings and other structures in areas unfit for development by reason of periodic flooding, unsanitary drainage conditions and related hazards.
9. Prevent the increase in flood volume and rate of flow which results from covering the floodplains with impervious surfaces and from constricting natural drainage channels.
10. Protect individuals and adjacent landowners and those both upstream and downstream from damages resulting from inappropriate floodplain development and the resultant obstruction or increase in flow of floodwaters.
11. Minimize the financial burden imposed by flooding on the community, its governmental bodies and individuals.
12. Comply with the purpose and requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (42 U.S.C. § 4001-4128).
