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<br />002321. <br />JUDICI~ REACTION <br /> <br />44 <br /> <br />5-331 <br /> <br />Courts in other contexts'have invalidated. planning and <br />i <br />:zoning requirements -for flood hazard area~ designed to protect <br />flood storage areas where the restrictions prevented or <br />seriously restricted land use inc;:luding subdivision.27 'In <br />some of these cases the inva1idity'6f the regulations seemed <br />to hinge upon the stringency of restrictions rather than the <br />objective of protecting flood storage capacity. As discussed-in <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />Volume One, Part III, Chapter 4, regulations which prevent all private <br /> <br />economic use of a property are usually held invalid as con- <br /> <br />fiscating private property. <br /> <br />330. SELECTED ISSUES IN ESTABLISHING AND ADMINISTERING SUB- <br />DIVISION REGULATIONS <br /> <br />331. .In General' <br /> <br />~cr~~~~ -~hc Most iffi~v~~ynt ~~~~~~~~~~ <br /> <br />___.J-_~__.:) .:_ <br />.......,...................-_..... ...J,& <br /> <br />subdivision regulations to reduce ~lood losses are "standards" <br />and. "conditions" for ilnprovement of flood-prone land~ such as <br />requirements that lots be provided \.,i th safe building sites, <br />roads, sewer and water and other facilities. These will be <br />discussed later in thi,s chapter. But other provisions 'which <br /> <br />, . .. <br />define the scope of review.--bydefiningthe activities subject <br />- _ are also important. <br />'to or exempt from ordinance provisions-~/ The tentative and <br /> <br />final plat procedures are -essential in providing a mechanism <br />to permit the review agency to evaluate flood and drainage <br />hazards at subdivision sites, the effects of the proposed <br />subdivision upon flood hazards and the adequacy of proposed <br />improvements. <br /> <br />. -;.- <br />::{[:p <br />