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<br /> July 6, 2007 <br /> <br /> Page 2 <br /> 1. Section 27-3. Purpose. <br /> It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the public health, safety, and general welfaze, <br /> and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific azeas by <br /> provisions designed: <br /> (g) To assist in notifying potential buyers that property is in an area of special flood <br /> hazazd; (end] <br /> (h) To ensure that those who occupy areas of special flood hazard assume <br /> responsibility for their actions[:]; <br /> (i) To use current best management practices for the infiltration approach, where <br /> applicable, to [sty-=::c~] floodplain management; to imitate and preserve the <br /> natural hydrologic cycle; to move [ste[~n iveteF] floodwater more slowly [te <br /> ~edaee] by reducin¢ the speed, volume, and pollutant load over permeable surfaces <br /> (soil, lava, grasslands, '~.=~l~..z~=~:~ om===c,] soil depressions, and through <br /> forests), to allow the [ster~t iveter] floodwater to percolate into the ground within <br /> azeas where the rainfall originally occurs[:]; <br /> [ <br /> o <br /> ~i <br /> [(-k~] To increase - ` " ] Uublic safety by addin¢ <br /> freeboard to base flood elevations or other safety factors in specified azeas[:]; <br /> [ <br /> fLT !`°....rµ1 Dl <br /> {k) To create and maintain accessibilitKof records and to assist reseazch pertaining to <br /> flooding floodplains and historic ditches. Records shall include but be not limited <br /> to applicable hermits watershed mks as they are developed and updated, <br /> floodplain maps floodproofing certificates as required and any other mformarion <br /> associated with floodplain management; <br /> [ <br /> > > <br /> ~ <br /> [(-x)]{1) To promote a regional watershed-based approach as acost-effective means of <br /> floodplain management[:]; <br /> [f~]~[ <br /> t'~ " ~ ]To require that an~alteration or <br /> re location of a watercourse including_an historic ditch be engineered to be <br /> capable of carrying at least its previous capacity[:]; <br /> [~j]{n)To provide rules and practices for floodplain management, and fines for violations <br /> of such rules and practices, " a' a « <br /> a <br /> <br />