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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Model Regulations <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />~odel flood plain r"egulatlons have been promulgated by the Coloradcl <br />l~a.t:et. Conset-vatlor: B(Il1t-d, with thE pUt~pO!::.(0 to pt"ornote pubi ie hE.a.l'thf <br />saf~ty~ and genet-a! we!f~re, arid rninirnize fjOCid hazards ancl l,)sses. <br />T 1"1 Eo Hi (I d (~l j r': c Iud e s )) f' (1""/ i ':;. i I) n~; r:I~? 5 i ~j n e d t I) ~ <br /> <br />1. Prornote soufld pianning and permit or!lY suet) uses <br />witt)irl flc'od piains that wi; i not endanger I iie, <br />hE-~altj-l, :r.'tf"lej pub! ie sa.fety Or- pt"oper-t"y' In times of <br />flo(1din~3ft <br />.:::. F'r-otec t th(~ put,; i c ft"om a\/(l i dl"ib I e f i nanc i a I <br />e}~l~lend i tUt-e~. fot"" f" i clod contr"o j pt""ojpcts, flood <br />t-e I i tot rnt;:'asut-e~.:. ~ and t:hE' t"ep:r.i. j j'- and f'e~.;,tot-at j on <br />of cialna_:::jP(j pub 1\ c .fac i i ; t; i es;.. <br />~. Prever,t avclidable iriterruf1tic1n of t,usir!ess and <br />comrner-c:en <br />4. Minimize Yictirnizatiof'l of unwat-y ~Iome and land <br />pUl'-cha,s(-2!;;. . <br />5. Fac i 1 i.tate the atm!r:istratj(lf: of flood ~!azat-d areas <br />by estab j ish i n~:,j r equ i lh(1rf)(0nts thi?.t rnt!.~::-'t be rnpt befo!'" f.:' <br />use or development is permitted. <br /> <br />The Board's rnodel fiood plain reguiations offer two options for <br />fnanagement of the lOa--year flood plain. These are the Hazard Area <br />C:(lncept and the F1oo,jway Concept. <br /> <br />"rhe Hazard Area cor:cept defines the areas of t~:e fJoc,d plain in wtiich <br />waters of the lOO-year flood attain a ma~inlum dept~i greatet" than one <br />arid one-haif feet as a t~i8h tlazard area, and a dept~: less t~,an this as <br />a low hazard at"ea. <br /> <br />The Floodway corlcept defirres the channei of a stream and adjacent <br />flood plain areas that must be kept free of development in order tCI <br />sa.fely pa.ss thE' 100-yea.t- flood wlth a minimal t-ise in thf:.\ irJai:;et" <br />surface elevation. T~,e rise must be no more tl1an one foot to meet <br />fedet-a I standat"ds. m <br /> <br />I <br />