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<br />requirements affecting the welfare and safety of the community. <br />These regulations provide an effective meanS of controlling construction <br />and preserving floodways in presently undeveloped flood plain areas. <br /> <br />flooder:>ergency. <br /> <br />~alth Regulations <br />These regulations can serve to control the use of flood <br /> <br />Development Policies <br />Nhile all regulatory controls are valuable tools in <br />comprehensive flood damage prevention plannin9, probably the most <br />eftectivet=L isin the area ofdev",lor<nent policies. "Flood <br />conscious" governmental policies that limit the extension of public <br />roads, utilities, and other servi~~~ ,_.~ ",-~ <br />~C~ .,,'-<.' ~'-"'" prone ar",as can <br />play an important indirect role in shaping overall deVelopment. <br />Private development often follows the extension of public services. <br />By locating public facilities aw~y from flood prone areas, a soft- <br />sell ne9ative influence is projected which encourages the occupancy <br />of higher and safer ground. Other actions that can be taken by <br />local goverr$.ent~l unit~ inClude the preservation of floodw~ys <br />through urban renewal; prOviding favorable tax adjustm~nts to lands <br />held for open spaoe uses, and implementing the r~uired land use <br />controls for the city to r€main in the National ~lood Insurance <br />?roqram.Intheareaoffinance,len<linqinetitutione,bothFederal <br />and private, CRn influence flOOd plain development by withholding <br />mortgage guarantees or other funding .frorn thosn who contomplate <br />projects that will intensify known flood problems. <br /> <br />Bul1dinqCodes <br />Building codes, in addition to the rnore conventional <br />construction standards set forth, should also specify provisions that <br />assure the structur>ll integrity of buildin"s during flood periods. <br />Requirements to reduce flood damages include elevation control, <br /> <br />considerations of strength and deterioration, susceptability inVOlving <br />materials, proper anchorage, and floodproofing criteria. <br /> <br />Floodproofing <br /> <br />Floodproofing measures can be effectively applied to <br />both existing and proposed structures in relatively low-riSk ha~ard <br />areas. 'rhea.. may include h.nd filling and elevation of structures, <br />siteadjustrnents,andstructuraldesi'lnChan'lesthatreducedama'le <br />vulnerability. <br /> <br />plains for waste dispOssl and the construction of water and sewage <br />treat:ment facilities whose locationlll<\Y create ru.alth problems <br />during floods, <br /> <br />Furthe..rStudy <br /> <br />rorecasting and Evacuation <br />~ccurate, timely forecasting of floods and critioal <br />str""", "ta"es, coupled with temporary eVilcuation "r.d other emergency <br />actions, can often saveli"es in addition tore<lucing property <br />105ses. In the development eof local CQImW~"ity planning, provisions <br />should be made for alertin" area resider.ts and coordinating operations <br />of city-county public service agencies throughout the flood fightinq, <br />""acuation, and reScU,. ",ctiviti"s which may be required during .. <br /> <br />C<.>nt.i""h,y ~t.ooy ",,,,1 ~"vi",~' or Lj"" rl()oJ.",4Y~ ...nd "the" <br />areal designations which may be defined in connection wit.h flood <br />plain zoning are particularl,' important in lIl:J.int"ininq a lOl\q-.."nge <br />land uSe planning program. Community authorities should periodically <br />review and adjust the provisions governing the us.. of flood plain <br />l....-.d","h",""v"rnewin(onnilti"nindic..tesilch<lnge in th"irflood <br />potential. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br />