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<br />~, / <br /> <br />Pueblo Ordinance Depot, and expansion of supporting mercantile <br /> <br /> <br />end service industries. <br /> <br /> <br />The major employers of labor in Pueblo are the Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />Fuel and Iron Corporation, Pueblo Ordinence Depot, and the Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />state Hospital. Manufacturing extends to the following: food and <br /> <br /> <br />kindred products; lumber and wood items; furniture and fixtures; <br /> <br /> <br />printing and publishing; chemical products; stone, clay, and glass <br /> <br /> <br />products; primary metal industries and fabricated metal products <br /> <br /> <br />including machinery; and other types. <br /> <br /> <br />The U.5. Bureau of the Census reported a population <br /> <br /> <br />of 91,181 in urban Pueblo and 118,707 in Pueblo County in the year <br /> <br /> <br />1960. Estimated 1968 populations according to the Colorado Budget <br /> <br /> <br />Department were 104,200 and 119,000, respectively, in the city and <br /> <br /> <br />county. <br /> <br />Flood Damaqe Prevention Measures <br /> <br />Following the flood of June 1965, local interests <br /> <br /> <br />improved the stream channel and levees from the 8th Street Bridge <br /> <br /> <br />,to below the 4th Street Bridge to contain a flow approximating the <br /> <br />June 1965 flood of 47,000 cubic feet per second. In August 1963 <br /> <br /> <br />and January 1967, the Board of Pueblo County Commissioners adopted <br /> <br /> <br />a zoning resolution which established sta~dard5 to govern devel- <br /> <br /> <br />opment in specified special flood plain districts (5-3) along <br /> <br /> <br />Fountain Creek, Dry Creek, and the Arkansas River. In February 1968, <br /> <br /> <br />the Pueblo City Council passed a similar zoning ordinance to serve <br /> <br /> <br />the needs of the city. Figure 1 shows the location of the specified <br /> <br /> <br />flood plain districts (5-3) within the city of Pueblo, as they <br /> <br /> <br />appear on the city's Zoning District Map, dated March 8, 1968. <br /> <br /> <br />Pertinent sections of the respective county and city zoning reg- <br /> <br /> <br />ulations follow: <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />r"j- <br />