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<br />Chaffee Co"nty Zonilll; R"solutions - ~"tur.,1 [('Izard Areas
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<br />otherio/1se regulated under these n'-gl1lHlons. tf no 10"" hazard
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<br />Chaffee County h"s"dopted ZOni"l! r,,-,olutiot1S inac<,-ordancc..;tthC olorado
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<br />State Laws. Thefollowlnll"rec>;ccrpcsfrOillthese resolut1ons as they
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<br />'-one has been so designated or regulated, then the ter.n "flo04-
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<br />perta1n to flood h3zards and geologlt hazards.
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<br />phln" and nflo<)dw"y "rea" shall be synonymous.
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<br />Lowh,.zardarea-Mearllithatare..of the floodplain ["",,,1ehthe
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<br />Flood ~azard Areas
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<br />watcfsofan1ntermcdl,,,,,reglonalflood\ollUnotactatna
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<br />COllst ruct lon and/or de t I v Hy. which III ~ i"", "f flo"d Ln(\, ",,,,,ld <,-("at"
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<br />m~~1num depth greater than one and one-half fcet.
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<br />.igniflcant hazards, shall not be per"itted on land ~"bject to flood
<br />hazard conditions, unless such hazards can ~ elIminated by proper
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<br />Gcologic Hazard Areas
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<br />planning and construction proccdures.
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<br />Construction and/or activity which changes the basic character or use of
<br />the land.hallnot be perrnUted on land subject tohazardo\l.conditions,
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<br />Definitions pertaining to flood ha"ards a. used by Cha[[ee County:
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<br />such as, bnt not lirot~ed to avalanches, landdtde., rock-fallS, mudflows
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<br />Flood hazard arca - Mean~ one or more of the following,
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<br />and debris fans, unstable or potentially unstable slopes, seismic
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<br />flood ha"ard initial control aren, flood hazard control
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<br />a.rea.,
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<br />effects, radioactivity, ground subsidcnce, and expansive
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<br />Soil and Rock,
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<br />flood~ay area, lo~ ha"ard area,
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<br />unlesssuchha""rds Caa be elirnlnated by proper planning and
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<br />floodha"a[d inLtlal conttol "rea or flood hazard c"n(rol"reu-
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<br />construction procedures.
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<br />:lcllM that one or more flood hazards exist b"t th.lt the fl~od
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<br />h,,"'rd. .1pecif!c e>;tent h.s <lO[ yet ke" ckeerilllned.
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<br />ChaHee County's definitlon$ of lteologic h.H"rds pertin"nt to the
<br />Chalk CUffs arell sre:
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<br />floodplain - Me.~"" an "re.~ in a"d adjacent to II. atrea:n, ~hich area
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<br />Is ~LlhJe"t to flooding ,~s th" re.uU of the <>ccu,""nce of an
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<br />Dcbri. Fan - A flood plain ~ich is located at the mouth of a
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<br />1n~e[,"edi"~e regional Hood ,,"d "htch area tl,us is so ~dver.c to
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<br />lDount~1n valley tribLlcary streal:\ as such atre,,'m e"ters
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<br />paSt,cllrfe"t, orforeaee,1ble cOLlstructlon"r land",ea_.tu
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<br />the Valley nnor. The formatton of dehrh fans can be
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<br />constitute" s1gnif1cant h"zard to puhlic health and ~"fcty ur to
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<br />the resu 1t of 1I ve s ~rea<llS or dry gulches "hieh are
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<br />property.
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<br />"-ctlvaced by he,,-vy predpttLltioll (flash flooding).
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<br />Flood",,-y Area
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<br />h the ch,,"n,,1 of a stream and those pottlo,,' of
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<br />)1udflololg-
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<br />The dow""ard movement of mud tn., <no,mtaln ",Her"hed
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<br />the. adjdn1ng fh>oJpLdn which are requlr~>d to earty and <11.-
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<br />beeau." of peculiar ch,H"aerhtio_s of extn',,,'ly hIgh
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<br />,'.II.,oge ~h,' flnnd"atera of an lntermedLHe r"glon.~l flood. In th,>
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<br />.edtrnelll ylc'ld and occ".t"".tl hl~t, ru,,~ff.
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<br />Co\lt~>;t "f the"" 'eelllct~lnn", l~ Is ~h" fl'l"dphln l~"" the 1",-'
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<br />hazard a["'l, t[ any such lo~' !lLlzarJ acea has becn designated or
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