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<br /> July 6, 2007 <br /> <br /> Page 4 <br /> (p) Re-alphabetize old section (p) to section (n), and add reason for section. New <br /> section (p) defines type offloodplain and corrects spelling; <br /> (q) Deletes old section (q), and adds new section (q) with objectives for jloodplain <br /> management. <br /> 2. Section 27-4. Scope and methods. <br /> In order to accomplish its purposes, this chapter includes methods and provisions [fey] to: <br /> (a) [Restrietiag] Restrict or Wig] rop hibit uses which aze dangerous to health, <br /> safety, and property due to water or erosion hazazds, or which result in damaging <br /> increases in erosion or flood heights or velocities; <br /> (b) [I~g] Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which <br /> serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial <br /> construction; <br /> (c) [Gelling] Control the alteration or relocation of natural floodplains, [stream <br /> shexnels] watercowses, and natwal protective barriers, which help accommodate <br /> or channel [Aesd-ivete~s] floodwaters; <br /> (d) [Gelling] Control fill, grading, dredging, and other development which may <br /> increase flood damage; [aodJ <br /> (e) [Preventing] Prevent or [regulating] regulate the construction of flood barriers <br /> which will unnatwally divert floodwaters or which may increase flood hazards in <br /> other areas <br /> (f) Develop a pro rg am to [~4ap] ma watersheds and their associated watercowses <br /> [ to promote <br /> effective floodplain management and to assist in mitigation of flooding; <br /> (g) [ ]Require appropriate vegetative cover in high rainfall, <br /> sediment, and debris producing azeas to reduce surface run-off in the watershed, <br /> decrease the risk of watercowse obstruction, and reduce ocean pollution[:]; <br /> (h) Maintain [and], re-establish and preserve forest cover in mauka areas to improve <br /> the capacity of the ground to absorb heavy rainfall and to rechazge aquifers[:]; <br /> (i) Establish and maintain floodplains as open space, pazks, greenways, and <br /> endangered species habitat and flyways[:]; <br /> G) [ <br /> Reauire new subdivisions and developments to miti¢ate the difference between <br /> the pre development dischazge amount and the post-development discharge <br /> <br />