15.74.010 Purpose.
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed:
A. To protect human life and health;
B. To minimize expenditures 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 interruptions;
E. To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in areas of special flood hazard;
F. To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the second use and development of areas of special flood hazard so as to minimize future blight areas;
G. To have available for potential buyers, upon request, information that property is in an area of special flood hazard; and
H. To insure that those who occupy areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions.
The provisions of this chapter are intended to supplement and complement those of Chapters 17.42 and 17.44 of this code. Whenever satisfaction of the requirements of any of these three chapters effectively accomplishes the intent of the others, authority is specifically delegated to the building director to implement procedures to avoid redundancy and simplify processing of required permits. (Ord. 5062 § 1, 2021; Ord. 4469 § 1, 2007)