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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With t"efet"erlce to the adrninfst~atjon of r:atur-al hazard areas, Section
24--65.],-20Z(Z)(a) of t~le Act ~lrovide5: Flood plains shal j be
administered so as to minimize sigoificar:t tlazar-d to pllbl ic health and
safety or te, ~lro~let-ty; operl sF'ace activities shal I be er,c0urased;
stt"uctUt-es s~lal I be designed in ter-ms (If use and al1d hazaros; disposal
~; i t. P!; Ii r'!,j l,;, y S t p rn ~~, 5 h a. I I b (, d i 5 C (I U 1'- a:::1 e d '^' r: c h f i rl t i me (I f f j 0) (I din ::1 ,
w(luld create sjsnificant hazaj~ds to pDOJ ,c health and safety or to
pr-c!pe/'- t: y ~

l'he Act {ul,other pt"oyjdes that after pl~omuigati(ln oi guider fries for
I and us;e in natut'"a.1 hazar-d a.,., e a!.s ~.., the natur"a i hazar-d at"eas sha.l I be
a (i rn i n i ':::. t; t': ~oo E:' d tl '.f' ; 0 c a. i :3 (I V (;':\ tOO n ff'! e n tin ~"t rn a '-j r! e r- (,...) hie his cons j s ten t I.,) i t: h
the ~:Iui (I€:: lines for' I and u.se in E'a.c:h of the na.tUt-a! haza.t.d at'"ea,s"

(:olorado Water Cor~servation Board Desigr!atjon

ConCer"nif'18 the desigrlation of the ffood ~ialnf the Colorado Water'
COflSer"vation Board is chat"sed witt) the ~,rJmary respe'nsibi j ity for~

],~ Ma~~in8 recommendations ~0 local 3clverrlments arid the
Colorado land Use Commissiofi.
~:~. F:' j'" 0 v i d j n~::J t; e c h r! i c a I a.s s i' s tan c: f? t (I ! (I C a i 80 vet- n fI! Eo n t: 5 "

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'The Boat"d' <.=:. power" and duty is..""
....t(1 devise and formulate methods~ f~eans and plans fot-
br"if)ging about the greater uti 1 izati!)D of the watet-s Ot
the state and preventie1n of flood damages therefr"Offif and
to desiSflate and a~lprove storm or f,oodwater runoff
channels or basins, and to ma~~e such designations
avai fablE' tl) le8is!ative bodies 0'17' c ,ties anrj
lncor~'or-ated.towns, to county pJannif!8 comrnissions,
and to boards of adjustment of tities, incor-poratea
tl)wns, arJ(i counties of this sta.tel!".

as stated in Section 37-6(1-106 (l)(c) oi the Colorado Revised
Statutes.

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Upon review and approval of this report, the Colorado Water
Conservation Board wi I I designate and approve as ffood plain at-eas
those areas inundated tlY the lOO-year flood as described by the
f I ')odwate~- stl~~face e j evat ions and p~-of i if's in th i 5 r-epo~-t" 'T"he Lise of
the designated flood pJafn areas may then be regulated by ttle loca!
:]ovE:\t~nrnent .

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