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• Designation Number: 570
• County: Douglas
• Community: Unincorporated Douglas County
• Title: Resolution - FPR 03-570 - FHAD - Cherry Creek
• Date: 5/1/2003
• Designation Date: 9/30/2003
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Resolution

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LOCAL REOUEST FOR DESIGNATION

WHEREAS, the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (District) requested CWCB
designation and approval of said new report, by letter dated July 2, 2003, for the studied streams
contained in said new report dated May 2003 within Douglas County; and

WHEREAS, Douglas County transmitted a request letter to the CWCB and the District has
coordinated closely with all of the entities affected by the floodplain information contained in said
new report; and

WHEREAS, CWCB staff notified the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District via telephone
and email of the designation action as requested; and

C.R.S. AUTHORITY

WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the Colorado Water
Conservation Board to assist in the prevention of floods and flood damages therefrom; and

WHEREAS, Sections 31-23-301 and 30-28-111, Colorado Revised Statutes, provide that
legislative bodies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulations for land uses on or along any
storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and approval by the Colorado Water
Conservation Board; and

. WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the Colorado Water
Conservation Board to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins and to
make such designations available to legislative bodies oflocal jurisdictions; and

CONSISTENCY WITH PREVIOUS FLOODPLAIN STUDIES

WHEREAS, the detailed floodplain information for the studied reaches contained in said new
report dated May 2003 for the Cherry Creek watershed revises and is, therefore, inconsistent with the
previously published floodplain information for the same stream reaches as studied approximate and/or
detailed methods; and

COMPLIANCE WITH CWCB TECHNICAL STANDARDS

WHERAS, the watershed above Cherry Creek reservoir is 386 square miles and includes
portions of Arapahoe, Douglas and El Paso Counties; and

WHEREAS, the lower portions of the study reach are highly developed in certain areas and
contain infrastructure, residential development, and commercial development; and

WHEREAS, a number of significant flood events have been documented along Cherry
Creek during recorded history within the region; and

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