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<br />0021,;35 <br /> <br />COASTAL FLOOD PROBLEMS <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />6-120. <br /> <br />'of coastal vletlands, These amendments could direct the <br /> <br />agencies to' consider potential flood losses to proposed <br />uses and to require fill or other flood and erosion pro- <br /> <br />{f~~ <br /> <br />tection. New legislation might also authorize state water <br /> <br />regulatory agencies to direct poastal zone development. <br /> <br />This approach is embodied in Alternative II of the draft <br />Volume One, <br />enabling statutes contained in/Part II. A state building <br /> <br />code could regulate construction in hazard areap, State con- <br /> <br />trol of subdivisions through adoption of plat approval or <br /> <br />interstate land sales could also provide a useful measure <br /> <br />of control. Alternate I of the draft enabling statutes <br />of Volume One <br />contained in Part II/suggests an approach whereby local <br /> <br />units would be required to adopt zoning regulations meet- <br /> <br />ing state standards, If the local unit fails to adopt <br /> <br />satisfactory regulations, the state agency would be <br /> <br />empowered to adopt specific zoning controls. This approach <br /> <br />is now in effect for shoreland and flood plain zoning <br /> <br />in Wisconsin, shoreland zoning in Minnesota, and flood <br /> <br />plain zoning in Nebraska. <br />Strengthened state and local regulation o:E land <br /> <br />use in erosion and flood hazard areas along the seacoast <br /> <br />and Great Lakes coastline are essential parts of coastal <br /> <br />zone management. Integrated land use programs to pro- <br /> <br />teet coastal ecology and allocate coastal lands to their <br /> <br />most appropriate use must include reasonable minimization <br /> <br />of flood losses as a primary objective. <br /> <br />~::;~?;: <br />