FLOOD10306

• County: Summit
• Community: Frisco
• Stream Name: Miners Creek/Jug Creek/No Name Creek
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Floodplain Study for Miners Creek and Jug Creek and No Name Creek
• Date: 8/1/1986
• Prepared For: Frisco
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Section 3. Statenent of Purpose. 'lbe purpose of these regulations
is to promote the public heal th, safety, and general welfare, and minimize
flood hazards and losses by provisions designed to:

a. Promote sound planning and land use, and permit only such uses
within floodplains that will not endanger life, health, and
public safety or property in times of flooding; and,

b. Protect the public fran avoidable financial expenditures for
flood control projects, flood relief measures, and the repair
and restoration of damaged public facilities; and,

c. Prevent avoidable interruption of business and conunerce; and,

d. Minimize victimization of unwary home and land purchasers;
and, insure that potential buyers are notified that prop;lrty
is in an area of special flood hazard; and,

e. Facilitate the aaninistration of flood hazard areas by
establishing requirenents that mst be met before use or
developnent is permitted; and,

f. Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as
water, sewer, and gas mains, electric and telephone lines, as
well as streets and bridges located in areas of special flood
hazard; and,

g. Ensure that those who occuI!.{ the areas of special flood hazard
assume responsibility for their actions; and,

h. Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the second
use and developnent of areas of special flood hazard so as to
minimize future flood blight areas; and,

i. Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated
with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the
general public; and,

j. Require that uses which are wlnerable to flooding, including
public facilities, shall be protected against flood damage at
the time of initial construction. '

Section 4. Met.hOOA of ~ucing Flood LoAAPS. In order to accomplish
its purposes this ordinance includes methods and provisions for:

a. Restricting or prohibiting uses which are dangerous to health,
safety, and prop;lrty due to water or erosion hazards, or which
result in damaging increases in erosion or in flood heights or
velocities.

b. Controlling filling, grading, dredging, and other developnent
which may increase flood damage.

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