<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-2. - Findings of fact.</div>
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               (a)
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               The flood hazard areas of the county are subject to periodic inundation which results
               in the 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.
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               (b)
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               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 hazard
               areas by uses vulnerable to floods or hazards to other lands which are inadequately
               elevated, floodproofed, or otherwise unprotected from flood damages.
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               (Ord. of 9-19-1988, art. 1, Â§ B)
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