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<br /> It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to <br /> <br /> minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific azeas by provisions <br /> <br /> designed: <br /> (a) To protect human life and health while minimizine property damaee through the pursuit <br /> of solutions which are cost effective; <br /> (b) To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects; <br /> (c) To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally <br /> undertaken at the expense of the general public; <br /> (d) To minimize prolonged business interruptions; <br /> (e) To minimize daznage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, <br /> telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in azeas of special flood hazazd; <br /> (f) To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of azeas of <br /> special flood hazazd [se-as] to minimize future flood blight azeas; <br /> (g) To assist in notifying potential buyers that property is in an azea of special flood hazard; and <br /> (h) To ensure that those who occupy areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their <br /> actions. <br /> ~ ~ + ] <br /> (i) To use current best manaeement practices for the infiltration approach to storm water <br /> manaeement; to imitate and preserve the natural 6vdroloeic cycle; to move storm water <br /> slowly to reduce the speed, volume, and pollutant load over permeable surfaces (soil, lava, <br /> grasslands, shallow retention basins, soil depressions, and forests), to allow the storm water <br /> to percolate into the ground where the rainfall originally occurs. <br /> (i) To use floodplain manaeement as an island-wide component of resource manaeement <br /> with the objectives of improved water quality, erosion control, floodwater manaeement, <br /> endangered species and habitat conservation and enhancement. <br /> (k) To increase the minimum standard for floodwater control. <br /> (I) To comply with Section 5, "Flooding and Other Natural Hazards;' of the County of <br /> Hawaii General Plan. <br /> (m) To create and maintain an integrated electronic database of records, including <br /> but not limited to, GIS maps, tax map keys, permits and other development reviews, <br /> watershed maps, floodplains, FEMA floodplain elevation and floodproofine <br /> 2 <br /> <br />