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<br />Cotorado ~atural. 'l,,,~r~ Ar~a '1.e~lllado"s
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<br />Th~ ~o"rd'. pOw~r "nd duty I. ...
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<br />Title 24, AHlcle 05.1, CRS, as ,,"",'nded).
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<br />Areas of Stat~ i,,~~r~H i~clu<l~
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<br />. .... to d.. vise and formu la~., ""~hads, "...ans and ol"ns foe br In~ in\(
<br />a~ou~ thO' ~r~at"r "ti1iz.~tion of ch~ ""It~r. of th<' 'lra~~ and
<br />or""",nrion of flood da",,~o:<,s th~rdr"m, "nd to d"sl~nac" and "pprclVe
<br />stom or flood'Mter runoff chann..ls cr ba"l~s, and tc malt,. suoh
<br />dl'si~"atlc'" av,~ilabt" ~o l.e~islaclv" I\()d1<'~ cf cities and
<br />incorpOratcd t"',",s, ~o COlln~y pLanniru( co"""lsslcn., a~d ~o boards of
<br />~dillSCTllt'n~ of d~lcs, Ir.rorporat<,d tow;>s, ~nd cOllnt[~s of ~hh
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<br />Ln 117!., th" Cclorado (;Hw.ral A.se<tt>ly pa~~~d 'lOllS(, fl{li lI)4l, a bUl
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<br />"ccncer.~In>: land "sc, ilnd "rovidi~>( for id,~~~if1clltion, d~<;l~"'acion, and
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<br />ad"l1nlsttat!cn of ar~ilS ilnd "ctivi~hs of ~taU i~tt~r.'st".."' {fl.B. 1041,
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<br />"acural hazard arc"", or those "reM tn,,' are "so advers~ cO past,
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<br />a" stated in ~ercion ,,-60-106 (1) (c) of the Cotcrado Revised ~~a~u~e$
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<br />curr~nc, or foces....able ronst<uctio~ or Land us~ as to cCMtitute a
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<br />sl~niflra~t hazard to public health ilnd safety or to prcpt'rty." Flood
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<br />TJp<>" revi"", and ;l""rov,~l of ~his report, the Cotorooo WilC~ r
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<br />plains are M.t"ral ha.ard ar..as.
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<br />Conservacion Iloard "Ul d..slf:~ate a~d appro"" as HOQd plain areas tho."
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<br />Wl~h reference to ~he odmtnlstraticn of natural hazard ar.."s, se~tlon
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<br />areas inl",da~..d by che 100-year Hood as des<cribed by the ftoodwater
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<br />24-I>S.1-202(2)(a) of the Act provtMs:
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<br />Floodplainssballhoendrnlnlsct'!red
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<br />~urfac~ el~vatlons am! proftlea in this r..port. Th... use cf th~ Msi~nat"d
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<br />"0 as cc ...in1mize "l~niflcanc hazard ~o public fJea1~h a~d "aftty or W
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<br />flood plain areas may th~.n "" rt~ula~ed by th.. local Jo(cvO'rn""'~t.
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<br />oropeny; Qp"n sp.'c~ activities shaH be encouraJo(...d; s~r\lctur~s ahall he
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<br />'jod~l R~~tlt"tlons
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<br />~csl<(ned in t~r,.," of "Se and hazards; disposal sites and ~yste"~ shall be
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<br />Tn the "",del flood pl.~in re!luh.tions, ",lopu.d by th" C<>lorado Wac"r
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<br />orot~c~ed frO':a lnund"~iol\ by flood"'.~~er.~; ~:1.d ilcrh'H1cs .",,11 b..
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<br />C"n""rvat ion Board, th,' state"",nc of p~rpc~" is ~o promote the p~b lIc
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<br />dlsco\lr"~ed which, in ti.... ~f flocdi,,~, "ollid crea~e sl>(~lficant Mz~rd.~
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<br />h~~lth, saft'cy, and ~eneral ""thre, an.J ..ln1mize noon Ilazards ""d
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<br />~Q p~bl-Lc h"ill~h "nd saf~ty or to propertv.
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<br />l~s~". hy prnyl~ioM d~~t>!n~d ro:
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<br />Th~ Act fur~h~r provid<;s ~hat I!.f~a prOlOuhlation of \("ld~l1ne" for
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<br />I. prollt(ltlO sQtlnd plannin" and lartd use, and Dt,rmit only "-,,,h ~s,;s
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<br />land \IS~ I~ ~"t~r.11 ha"ilrd at"a.~..., ~fJ.e ~at',ral h,~~ilrd au a, ,hall bto
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<br />..Ithln flood "LIllns thilt ,,\ Ll not <,nda",,"r 1\ fe, h~alch, and pubHc
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<br />ildm-tniHer..d b" local >(oy,'rn""""t In ~ "'a~ner ",hich Is cons:Ls~..nt "i~h th.'
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<br />ga'HV "r o~or,'ny {n ti....s of flood In".
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<br />J.(ui<1~lIn~' for Lmd tIS,' in ""ch of th(. nat.lt"l """,,rd ;lr""".
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<br />2. Prot~{.t th.. p"I>Hc from ayold"I>L,. finilncial "xw~"dic"r..s for fLood
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<br />Colorado Wat"r Conset"vaticn Bc"rd I)t,s1~nat1on.
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<br />C<lntccll rrni"CCS, flood relief """~",r,,s. .~n.-1 ~ht" r"palr .-md
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<br />Conccmim; the d~si~nat:Lcns "f flood plain. th~ CQlcr"do W"".. r
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<br />rc'"cor..,cLM ()f da"'a~c.d Pllhlie L.cilit".".
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<br />Con"~rvar.lon Jl.o.Hd h ch~r~t.d "it" rh.~ ~rL'Mrv rlOapo~"ihilLCv fcr,
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<br />\. "n'"",,' w,,[,L.ble ine,.,rn,prjon of h.L~ln~"" ""d {''''',",,'('n';
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<br />t. 'ja':lnll r..t<'ntmlOnrlcltlo,," cO local ~overr."enrs and ~be ColuraJo l~",J
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<br />'.. 'lIn,,,,I7." victi"",.,t;"" of nn""'f" h.0fM~ ,~d 1,,'1.1 I'"r('h.,,","r~; ln~
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<br />u~~ Co."mi~~i()".
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<br />2. proddin~ th,hnic"l assistance ~o l.ocal ~ov"r"""..nts.
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