FLOOD09803

• County: Summit
• Community: Cripple Creek
• Stream Name: Colorado River
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Floodplain Management Study Cripple Creek
• Date: 9/1/1992
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT

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Poterltlal fletod damages to existing deveioprnent arid possible loss of
i ifE' can be allpv'iat(.~d o~.. l<:::.s;;::.ened tht~OU9h nCtn~"~.tt~uctutMaj and
str'uctll~al flood t'lazard mitjgation met~lods.

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N I) rl -. s. t t"' U c: t u 1'";:1. i rn e t h (I d~. i r: c: I \J. c; e: ! (I c: '.:1. If! (I (I d pia i n t- e 8 u I at j I) n s, J:a. rJ d
treatment, flood warning and f(lrecasting systems, flood inS\.lran!:e,
f!clod pt"oofins" flood fighting and emergency evacuatjons~

Local Regll!atjons

The need to minimize propel~ty damage due to flooding has been
recognized by plar:ners an(j local commun~ty officials. Subdividers and
developers are required to SIJtlmit proposed storm drainage plans to the
pia. n n i fl:3 C I) fOro i ~~ ~~ i (r n f I) tn i'::. p p r- (I val.. I nth e p a. s t ~ d i.~ a. i n a:3 e P i d, n s h a v e
t:een prepared sir"8ularly or' or: a piat-by-plat basis. Irlforrnation
conta\ned in this report wi I j be useful in develop~rlg a master
drairlase ~Ijan for the study 2rea. This report pt-ovides ttle out! lne ot'
fioocl ha.zarnd ar'(2a~:; on la.t.-~:~t~ sca.le ma.ps Sp('?clficaliy fi)t- thi~:> pur-p,)se.

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ThE' city ma.y pt"ovide zonin:3 t-egulatie,ns ;I....to estaDlish, t~e8l1!a1,;e1
t'estrict, ana I imit sucl~ llses on Ot~ along ar1Y storrn or floodwater
runoff channel or basin, as such storm or floodwater runoff chanrlel ~'r
basin has desisnated and apprc'ved by the Colorado Water Conservation
Board, in order to les~~en elF avoid t~le hazards to persons and damage
to pt-opet-ty t-esultlng ftnom the accumulation of storm or
~:'!oodl.;.lat:er-S..~lI :::-1.:;:, '=-tated in Eec:tion ::':0-2::::-111 f')r~ county :jO\/8t-nrnent!;;
arId Sections 31'-23-302 fOI~ ffiL!f:icipal 8overnmen~5 of the Colorado
Revised Statutes.

Colorado Natut-al Hazard Area Reglllations

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In l'~/7'4, the Coiot~ado Gf:)net~aj Assembly passed Hi)u-::,e Bi! I i041, a tli I
l'concer-nin::J iand use, ~lnd pt.ovidin~3 fOt" identific~itiori, designation,
and adrninistt-ation of a.l"'f.:"as aild activities of State intet-est,....';
(H.B. 1041, Titie 24, Article 65.1, eRS, as amended). Areas of State
j ntet- ~?S tine I ude rta tUt" a I ha.z at-d at~eas, Ot- tho se at~e as that at~e II so
adverse to past, current, or foreseeable construction or land use as
to constitute a significant hazard to public health and safety or tel
propertyl!. Flood plains are natural hazard areas.

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