<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 18-4. - Objectives.</div>
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               The objectives of this chapter are:
               
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                  (1)
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                  To protect human life and health;
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                  (2)
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                  To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
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                  (3)
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                  To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally
                  undertaken at the expense of the general public;
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                  (4)
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                  To minimize prolonged business losses and interruptions;
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                  (5)
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                  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 floodprone areas;
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                  (6)
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                  Minimize damage to private and public property due to flooding;
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                  (7)
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                  Make flood insurance available to the community through the National Flood Insurance
                  Program;
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                  (8)
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                  Maintain the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains;
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                  (9)
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                  To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development
                  of floodprone areas in such a manner as to minimize flood blight areas; and
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                  (10)
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                  To ensure that potential homebuyers are notified that property is in a special flood
                  hazard area.
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               (<a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="14528" data-ordinance-id="1094487">Res. of 7-6-2021</a>)
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