FLOOD00689

• Designation Number: 136
• County: Arapahoe
• Community: Littleton
• Stream Name: Slaughterhouse Gulch
• Title: Major Drainageway Planning - Slaughterhouse Gulch, Littleton
• Date: 5/1/1974
• Designation Date: 5/1/1979
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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1.

Flood Plain Ordinance

The first step in the adoption of the proposed master
plan for Slaughterhouse Gulch, and those of the other
major drainageways through the City of Littleton,
requires that a strict, enforceable flood plain zoning
ordinance be adopted. The intent of the ordinance will
be to control the amount and type of growth and recon-
struction in flood prone areas. Stringent flood plain
regulations must be adopted to qualify the city for the
federally subsidized flood insurance program. The
criteria required for this program is spelled out very
concisely in the national flood insurance program outline.

Assistance with the adoption of the flood plain regula-
tions can be gained through the Colorado Water Conserva-
tion Board and the Urban Drainage and Flood Control
District. The Urban Drainage and Flood Control District
has recently established a Flood Plain Management Program
which is intended to assist cities and counties within
the district with the necessary programs discussed in
this section.

2.

Flood Insurance

The City should push for the completion of qualification
of the City for the regular flood insurance program, as
defined in the Flood Insurance Act of 1968. Presently
the City is qualified for emergency flood insurance,
however, this program expires in mid-1975.

Once under the regUlar flood insurance program, insurance
coverage can be acquired to the following limits:
$35,000 structural coverage and $10,000 contents coverage
for structures used for residential purposes, and $60,900
structural coverage and $10,000 contents coverage for
all other structures. Table VII lists the chargeable
rates which would apply under this program, set to
encourage all those authorized for coverage to purchase
the flood insurance available under the program. Cover-
age in excess of the maximum limits imposed by the pro-
gram may be acquired by the property owner. However, for
coverage which exceeds the limits of this program, actuar-
ial rates are charged which will be determined to be char-
acteristic of the hazard associated with the property in
question. These rates will be adopted at the time the
flood insurance rate maps are completed by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development.

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