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<br />Preface
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<br />CHAPTERl
<br />INTRODUCTION
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<br />This floodplain "nd drainage study was ~onductcd by Great Di~ide
<br />Engineering and Surveying at the request of the County of frer..ont and
<br />the City of Canon City. Copies of this report are aVlilable for public
<br />distribution, for a nominal fee, at the office listed below. A Technical
<br />Addendum to this report is also <lvailablefor review at the sdr'1eoffices;
<br />however, it has not been published in sufficient quantities for public
<br />distribution. The Technical Addendum in~ludes all pertinent data and
<br />calculations used in the floodplain analysis.
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<br />Authorization
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<br />This study of flooding problems within the liE Canon trainage area in
<br />Fre~ont County, Colorado, was authorized under the following contracts be-
<br />tween Great Oivide Engineering and Surveying and; the City of Canon City
<br />and the County of Fremont, dated July, 1979; and the Colorado Water Con-
<br />servation Board, dated September, 1980.
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<br />City Engineer
<br />City Of Canon C1ty
<br />Box 711
<br />f12 Royal Gorge Blvu.
<br />Canon City, Co. S1212
<br />Planning and Zoning Office
<br />FreITIontCounty
<br />Box 349
<br />County Courthouse
<br />Canon City, Co. 81212
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<br />", Colorado '.'ater Conservation Board he; th' power md duty:
<br /> '" J,='/i~" "",1 ::oI",~l"t., methods, ""',lns ~nd plans
<br />r"." bringi',,! ~Iln,,~ ~~.. ,!r"'~t,.~ uti] I~,,~i".~ 0' ~i''' :-~~..~" "
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<br />the state and tho prevontion OL ::lood damages thorefrom and
<br />to dcsi~n~t" ur.d dppIove stOrm Or floodwdteI runoff ch~~nels
<br />or basin$. and to m~ke such Je$iq"ations available tc lRgi~_
<br />ldtiv~ ho~ies 0:: cities ~nd incorporated to~~s; cO G~~nt.
<br />pldnning co",dssions; and to boi'lr~s ot. adju$V",=nts of dties;
<br />incorporatNi to"llS; and co~nti~'" of this state.. "
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<br />Colorado Wa~er Conservation Bnare
<br />323 State Centennial Building
<br />1313 Sh€rman Street
<br />Denver, Co. 80203
<br />Great Divide Engineering & Surveying
<br />404N. !9
<br />Bo~ 605
<br />Canon City, Co. 81212
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<br />dS stated in Sect ion 31-60-106 : 1:, (c) ot t~e So lor ado Rcc\'hed Statute:;
<br />1<}73.
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<br />The cities, incorporated towns, and counties withi~ the study area
<br />mdy provide zoning regulations;
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<br />. to establish, re?~lat~, ~~5t~ict, dnd limit su,h
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<br />u~es on Or ~long any storm or floodw~t~~ runolf chan~~l cr
<br />basin, ~e such stor" or f'lood...at..r rUlloff channel or basi.~ hi]';
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<br />~een de"igna:ea dna dpp~ov~d oy :r.e Colorado Water Conserv~tiQn
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<br />So,,~<I, i" (JEd<>r ~o le$ccn Or J'..oid eh", hazard$ to Fcr;;WlS "no
<br />da"",ge to propea~ r"sulci.~g fro,," tl,e -iccu",,,li1tion ot stOr'" Or
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<br />floodwaters .. .
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<br />as stated in Section 30-28-111 for the county govenllnent~ .lrld Section Jl-
<br />23-201 for municipal government~ of the Colorado Revised S~dtute~ 1973.
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