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It states findings that recurring inundation causes loss of life, property damage, health and safety hazards, disruptions to commerce and government services, and adverse effects on the tax base. 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Remove these reference prior to finalizing the ordinance for publication.\nWhere there is blue italicized lettering, that indicates optional language which is generally more restrictive, higher standards or for more clarification that the community may use if it chooses to.  It is advised that the community’s attorney be consulted for possible conflicts with other local ordinances or preferences.  Convert the lettering to match the document’s font if used.  If the community has adopted the State Building Codes, some of these provisions may be redundant with those codes.\nPlease remove the current language in the headers and footers before publishing the ordinance.  Either leave them blank or replace language applicable to the community.\nFLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE\n{Community}\n{Ordinance No.}\nARTICLE 1\nStatutory Authorization, Findings of Fact, Purpose And Objectives\nSECTION A\tSTATUTORY AUTHORIZATION\nThe Legislature of the State of Alabama has in Title 11, Chapter 19, Sections 1-24, Chapter 45, Sections 1-11, Chapter 52, Sections 1-84, and Title 41, Chapter 9, Section 166 of the Code of Alabama, 1975, authorized local government units to adopt regulations designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry.  Therefore, the {Governing Body}, of {Community}, Alabama, does ordain as follows:\nSECTION B\tFINDINGS OF FACT\nThe flood hazard areas of {Community}, Alabama are subject to periodic inundation which results in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood relief and protection, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare.\nThese flood losses are caused by the occupancy in flood hazard areas of uses vulnerable to floods, which are inadequately elevated, flood proofed, or otherwise unprotected from flood damages, and by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains causing increases in flood heights and velocities.\nSECTION C\tSTATEMENT OF PURPOSE\nIt is the purpose of this ordinance to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed to:\nrequire that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction;\nrestrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health, safety and property due to water or erosion hazards, or which increase flood heights, velocities, or erosion;\ncontrol filling, grading, dredging and other development which may increase flood damage or erosion;\nprevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally divert flood waters or which may increase flood hazards to other lands; and\ncontrol the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers which are involved in the accommodation of flood waters.\nSECTION D\tOBJECTIVES\nThe objectives of this ordinance are:\nto protect human life and health;\nto minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in floodplains;\nto help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood prone areas in such a manner as to minimize flood blight areas,\nto minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;\nto minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the e","cbCaildJM1wm9ehV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaildJM1wm9ehV","docx",104000,36,"English","# Article 1: Statutory Authorization, Findings of Fact, Purpose and Objectives\n## Section A: Statutory Authorization\n## Section B: Findings of Fact\n## Section C: Statement of Purpose\n## Section D: Objectives\n# Article 2: General Provisions\n## Section A: Lands to Which This Ordinance Applies\n## Section B: Basis for Area of Special Flood Hazard","[{\"question\":\"What is the statutory authority for adopting this ordinance?\",\"answer\":\"The ordinance cites Alabama Code provisions authorizing local governments to adopt regulations promoting public health, safety, and general welfare, directing the governing body to adopt the ordinance as specified.\"},{\"question\":\"What problem does the ordinance identify in flood hazard areas?\",\"answer\":\"It identifies periodic inundation that causes loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruptions to commerce and governmental services, increased public expenditures for flood relief and protection, and impairment of the tax base.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the ordinance’s main purposes and objectives?\",\"answer\":\"The ordinance aims to protect public health and safety, minimize public and private flood losses, require protection of vulnerable uses at initial construction, restrict or prohibit dangerous uses, control development that increases flood damage or erosion, and reduce rescue and relief needs.\"}]","Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance - Riverine | DOCX",1788218364,13]