FLOOD00815

• Designation Number: 300
• County: Adams
• Community: Westminster
• Title: Resolution - FPR 300 - FHAD - Big Dry Creek and Several Tributaries, Westminster Area
• Date: 11/1/1986
• Designation Date: 11/1/1989
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Resolution

WHEREAS. the City of Westminster and the District will
jointly take whatever actions are necessary. available. and
appropriate to assure that the flood routing capabilities of
the aforementioned embankments will be maintained when and if
the embankment or flood pool owners attempt to make changes
that would reduce the flood routing capabilities of the
embankments: and

'WHEREAS. the Urban Drainage and Flood Contro 1 Dis trict has
requested the Colorado Water Conservation Board to revise the
designation and approval of the floodplain areas as set forth
in the aforesaid new report; and

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 z'oning 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
Statuteo. diL~~L~ Lhe--Colorado Wa~er ~onservatlon Board to
designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or
basins and to make such designations available to legislative
bodies of local jurisdictions; and

WHEREAS. the hydraulic analysis contained in the said new
report takes into account the flood storage capabilities of the
C. & S. Railroad. Burlington Northern Railroad. and U.S.
Highway 36 embankments. which act as dams; and

WHEREAS. these embankments meet the requirements of the
Board's "Rules and Regulations for the Designation and Approval
of Floodplains and of Storm or Floodwater Runoff Channels in
Colorado" (2 CCR 408-1) for dams and their effects may
therefore be taken into account: and

WHEREAS. the said new report does not meet all of the
requirements for designation as detailed floodplain information
under the Board I s "Rules and Regulations for the Designation
and Approval of Floodplains and of Storm or Floodwater Runoff
Channels in Colorado" (2 CCR 408-1): and

WHEREAS. the Urban Drainage and Flood
requested a variance from the requirements
and regulations for the designation of
information; and

Control District has
of the sUbject rules
detailed floodplain

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