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<br /> <br />DISCOVER WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE INVESTIGATE WHAT IS <br /> <br />ALREADY IN PLACE Find out what your community has already done to lessen <br /> <br />the consequences of future floods. Most communities <br /> <br />. Have zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, and other measures that <br /> <br />regulate development in identified flood-hazard areas. <br /> <br />NATURAL FUNCTIONS OF FLOODPLAINS <br /> <br />Natural or relativelY tirtdisturbed floodplains: <br />. limit;!\Oodi1'lg;llaNf?llY,:~y t~mpqrarilx storing flpqd waterS <br />. mlUntairt water q\laJltTbr'lliter!llKsedimefjts,l)\ltrlents; and .lmpurilil!s <br />~ J' '0/ " <br />. preserve and rechart;:<l srourtawall!r supply <br />· !;UPj?ort 1'lah\r"lveg<'l"H!'.n <br />. piu\!id.a fish andwildllfe !lahitat <br />. piqV:lAA man}' kinds ofre<::reatioRal opportunities <br />· pm'iid:~ pJacesfor Pl1tdO'1r education and sci~nHt'ic .st\ldy;. <br /> <br />. Participate in the National Flood Insurance Program so that citizens can <br />purchase flood insurance. <br /> <br />You may find that your community also has taken some of these additional steps: <br />. Using flood forecasting and warning systems_ <br /> <br />. Having emergency plans telling what to do when a flood threatens. <br /> <br />. Buying flood-damaged properties. <br /> <br /> <br />Usually this means relocating the resi- <br />dents or businesses, demolishing or <br /> <br />moving the structures, and using the <br /> <br />newly vacant land for open space. <br /> <br />. Participating in the construction or <br /> <br />maintenance of flood protection facilities like upstream dams, dikes, levees, <br /> <br />flood'walls, and channel alterations. <br /> <br />. Individual property owners may have elevated their buildings above expected <br /> <br />flood levels or built walls or dikes. <br /> <br />. Adopting measures to control rrmoff from developing areas outside the floodplain. <br /> <br />IDENTIFY DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES Various offices or departments <br />of your local government probably have been assigned responsibility for flood-related <br /> <br />tasks. Take inventory of who does ""'hat. Review coordination and cooperation <br /> <br />p age 11 <br /> <br />lYPICAL FLOOD-RELATED <br />RESPONSIBILITIES OF <br />LOCAL DEPARTMENTS: <br /> <br />BUILDING PERMITS AND ZONING <br /> <br />Enforcement of codes and ordinances <br />adopted by the councilor board, in- <br />cluding tiw" for.flood-hazard areas. <br /> <br />PARKS AND RECREATION Planning, <br />development, and management ~f <br />parks, recrention, and other open- <br />space facilities in .Rood-prone areas. <br /> <br />1'L1IUC AfFAIRS Public frr.Varmess <br /> <br />of.nood hazards and individual <br />protective measures. <br /> <br />URBAl'." RENEWAL Incorporating <br />.nood damage reduction measures <br />into urban renewal. <br /> <br />PlANNING Incorporating the flood <br />ri5k and actions to address that risk <br /> <br />into the comlmmity's vision for <br />thefuture. <br /> <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />Prm'iding opportu~litiesfor economic <br />development while accounting for <br />the exposure of SIKh development to <br />flood risk and economic loss. <br /> <br />PuBUC WORKS Storm'il.'ater man- <br />agement/ erosion control, water <br />supply, waste treatment, .nood <br />emergency measures, and repairs. <br /> <br />EMERGE:-.ICY MA..\'AGEMENT AGENCY <br />ReSpOtlSe to emergencies, including <br /> <br />.floods. <br /> <br />FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS <br /> <br />Public notification of .flood thrCilt, <br />evacuation, roadblocks, traffr control. <br />