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. . I . . I Chapter 5. FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS Article 1. General and Introductory provisions 5-101 Purpose and Intent The purpose and intent of the regulations contained in this chapter shall be to; . I I I I I I I . I I I I (1) Promote the public health, safety, and general welfare. (2) Regulate various floodplains constituting natural hazards of state and local interest, the occupation of which is likely to cause the loss of human life and the destruction of property and the imprudent occupation of which will pose a continuing and greater future danger to life and property without proper regulation of their use and occupation. (3) Facilitate the administration of flood hazard areas by establishing requirements which must be met before devel- opment in such areas is permitted. (4) Minimize significant hazards to public health and safety or to property in flood hazard areas, to encourage open space activities such as agr~culture, recreation, and mineral extraction, and to ensure that any combination of these activities are conducted in a mutually compatible manner. (5) Prohibit the building of certain structures in floodway zones of floodplains and to require that structures per- mitted in low hazard zones of floodplains are designed in terms of the availability of flood protection devices, proposed intensity of use, effects on the acceleration of floodwaters, potential significant hazards to public health and safety or to property, and other impacts of such devel- opment on downstream communities such as the creation of obstructions during floods. (6) Prohibit all activities which, in time of flooding, would create significant hazards to public health and safety or to property and to protect shallow wells, solid waste dis- posal sites, and septic tanks and sewage disposal systems from inundation by floodwaters. -1-