§ 7-2. Findings of fact.

(a)

The flood prone areas within the jurisdiction of the county are subject to periodic inundation which results in loss of life, property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures of flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety, and general welfare.

(b)

These flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains causing increases in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy in flood prone areas by uses vulnerable to floods or hazardous to other lands which are inadequately elevated, floodproofed, or otherwise unprotected from flood damages.

(Ord. of 7-14-03, Art. 1, § B)

Editor's note

Article I, § B of an ordinance adopted July 14, 2003 enacted provisions intended for use as subsections (1) and (2). To preserve the style of this Code, and at the discretion of the editor, said provisions have been redesignated as subsections (a) and (b).