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<br />FLDOD PLArNMANAGEHENi STUDY
<br />TOW.~ OF LI'10N
<br />COLORADO
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<br />Se~tion ~7-6{)-106(1)(~), Coloc~do ~evised St~t"tf!S \97~, "uthnrlze~ the
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<br />Colorado Water CO"-~ervation Board "to ~e.ignate "n~ approve stom o~ flood-
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<br />water runoff ~h~nnela or baoln~, and to make 9u~h ck!st!(nations ,waiiahle to
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<br />INTRODUCTION
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<br />This flood plain manaJ>:e..ent report "'3S prep~r"~ hy the T) ,5,
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<br />l"-lhlative hodies of cittes and lncorporated towns, to ~ounty plAnnin1, '-'om-
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<br />Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Servl~e, in cooperatIon with
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<br />mis8Io<lS, and to boards of adjustment of ~Hi",~, ln~orpo~ate(f t()I<l\~, "nd
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<br />the Colorado Water Conserv3tlon Bn~rd, 'town of Llmon, '1M the lliJ!:h Plaing
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<br />counUea of this !!tat".' The Bo~rd provides ags1stanC<! to lo~at !,:ovcrnments
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<br />in development Rnd adoption of effe~tlve floodplain ordinances. In
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<br />SollConaervaUonDfstrlct. Interpretations of thefloodplainmanaRement
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<br />addition, the Board will provide te~hnltal assi6tan~e to lo~al entIties
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<br />study and re~o_endatlons to redU~.e damall"" .'Te Included; however, it Is
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<br />durinll the performante of floodplain information studies within Colorado,
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<br />beyond the scope of thIs report to p.rovide specIftc proposale or plans t 0
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<br />Presently, HnanCial assistance for the performance of floodp.lain studies i~
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<br />re~tffy the flooding prol>lerns,
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<br />nO longer avaflable fro", the board.
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<br />ObjecHves
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<br />Se~tion 30-26-111 for county governments and Section 11-21-201 for
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<br />The objective of this gtudy is to provide flood plain management
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<br />municipal ilovetnments of the Colorado Revtsed Statutes 1973, st~tes' The
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<br />information and mapping to the Town of Limon for use in implementing flood
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<br />cities, incorporated towns, and counties within the study area may provide
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<br />plain mana~ement programs which will minlrni~e potential flood lORses.
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<br />zonln!l regulations: ". ..to establish, re!lulete, n,atrict, and limit su~h
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<br />In~luded In the report are enllineering and hydrologic data which will
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<br />uses on or alonil any storm or floodwater nlnoff c.hllnnel or l>asLn that has
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<br />f"tilltsteth..developm..ntofafloodplainmana",,,,.entplan, road and brid.o:e
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<br />~"cn desill:oated and approved by t!,~ C"lu...do Wate. ConservatIon !loard, tn
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<br />p.l"Ll3 ""J J~dgn, and ''''''-Hructural and/or structun.l flood control
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<br />order to lessen or II.void the hll.zsrds to ".,rao"s and ~a""f':e to property
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<br />llIeastlres(tfneeded).
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<br />resulting from the ac~u"",lation of storm or floodwaters".""
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<br />,Autbority
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<br />Therefore, upon offldal ,~pprovRl M this report by the Colotado Water
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<br />Thts study was rcqucstcd by thc ~own of Llmnn through the Colorado
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<br />Gon~"r"lI.tfon 80ard, the areas described as belng inundated by th~ j()O-y~ar
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<br />W"t~r Cons""vlltlotl B""rd (CWCB). Th~ CWCR l~ the stat" coordInator fot Rll
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<br />flOOd (lntermedlat~ l!.eglonal rlood) 1 can he desil';nll.ted as flood ,"~~ard
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<br />HOOd platn iniormation Honles and 1s responsibl~ tor settinJ>: priorities
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<br />II.r~II.S and their use re~ulated Accordingly by the lotal all:encl~s.
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<br />...nd lichcdulfn.o< these gtudies. The CWeR and the SoH GonservRtion Servtce
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<br />entered Into 1I Joint Coordination ~reem~at for flOod hazard Rnll.lyses t~
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<br />January 1<l72 (revised Novcrllbcr 19711). Th~ Plan of Work (or the Town of
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<br />lThe t~~,"8 "Intermediate R"gionlll Plood,' "lOO-ye,~r flood,"" ~n~ "nn..
<br />peu.ent flood" C3n he """~ Inter~hangeably ..s thcy Ar~ AU d~fi"ed by th~
<br />.~me type of flao~ event (oee c'lcssary),
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<br />Limcn Flood Plain '1.~n"ge,"cnt Study..". prepared In ~~pt"mbcr 1<}8\.
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