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flood Damage Pr€v~ntLon ~easure" Ther.oec for and moans of preservLng floodwayla:'ldsare receivi:'lg oonsi~eration in the c~rdinated land use planning that presuntly involves the Pikes Peak Area Counoil of Goverr~ents (PPACOCI and its par~ioipa~ing Looal goverr~,cnt ontitie, in El Fa"o and Teller oounties. OVerall regional polioies. planning goals. and proposed i~p1e~entation (including regulation by 100al laws to maintain drainage and floadway standards) are set forth in the "Pik"sreakilreaRegional Land Use Plan 199C." wCiichth<;,PPACOG formally adopted on Mdroh 11, 1970. Existing zoning and s\.lbdivisionordin<>.nces en"ctedby CoLorado Springs oontain p~ovigions whioh oan be the foundation of effeotiv,,- floM plain mar,ag"''".ent in th" future. Signifioa:1.t <;oxoerpts from the"" regulatory m"asures were r"produced in the Co~:ps of Engineer~' r<:oport "FLood PLain Information, ~nument Creek, Colorado sprir.gs (!'Ay 197L)." Manitou spring~ enacted Subdivision R~gulations on JU:1.e 2S, 1973 that could ~e the foundation of effeotiv" flood plain ~a:1.age~ent in the future. Pertinent portion~ of the~e regulations follow, ARTICLE IV De~iqn Standards lV:4 Ease",ents o. Jrai:1.agc Easo",ont5 - ~here " subdivisio:1. is travcrsGd by ~ water course, drainageway, channel. or strea~. there shall be provided a storm wat<:or easemont or rtraina~e right- of-~ay of suoh wiuth a~ to bQ adequat~ for both wat~r flo~ and mai:1.t~nance operation. . . . AR,rCLE v RQ~uired Improvements V:3(5) Prainage-Stormdrainage shall be provided for the development by the SUbdivider ba~cd on plan~ su~itted by him to the City Engineer and approved by the City ~ngincer. A storm of a leO-year return f~cquoncy of ~i~ hours duration shall be uSRd as the design and installation of any storm drainage improvement. The developer shalL install aLL storm drainagei:nprovements. Lot Drainage - The d~veloper shaLL ensu~e that all lots drain away from the proposed site of residential or other struoture~, and that suoh d~ainage not interfere with other struotures in "djoining or other lots in tne SUbdivision. . . . . . . . . . Flood Warning and Foreoasting Servioe~ The National Oceanio and Atmosph"rio Administration (NOAA) Weather fiervioe provirtes nO sp<'cific flood f"..~<:ast~ fo.. tributary streams of the Arkansas Rive~ in the Colorado Springs area. The teohnolOgy of aoOurate river and flood forecasting is dependent upon adequate and timely rainfall and river stage data, ,"'u it i~ ""~JL mon, "~~,,nti<tl tl:dt ~U{;,: lM~i{; Ud':... De ..v<<11",,1<., partiouh.rly ~ainfall r...ports, for ar..as st:bject to flash fLoMing. Current funding restraints prevent Weather service ope~ation of the relatively dens~ networks required. At present, the prinoipal serv- ioe th~ Weathe~ Service oan provi~e is a qen"ral alert to the danger ART1CI.r rGeneral Provisions r: 3 l'urposf' ~ The purposf' of thes" reguLations is to p~o- mote the health, safety, convenienoe anrt g~n~ral welFare of the oitizens of ~~nitou springs by: 3. producina sound Living enviror.O'.entswith the neoessarv open spaces for people. traffio, utilities. public pro- teotion. light, air, reoreation and other publio protection, light, air. recreation and other oommunity faoilities. . . . " "