Ordinances-2002-252

AN ORDINANCE REPLACING THE "FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE", OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF TIFFIN, IOWA: BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIFFIN, IOWA: Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to replace the "Flood Plain Management Ordinance" adopted in 1993, of the Municipal Code of Tiffin, Iowa, by adopting the following: Section 2. Amendment. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE SECTION I - Statutory Authority, Findings of Fact and Purpose A. The Legislature of the State of Iowa has in Chapter 364, Code of Iowa, as amended, delegated the power to cities to exercise any power and perform any function it deems appropriate to protect and preserve the rights, privileges and property of the city or of its residents, and to preserve and improve the peace, safety, health, welfare, comfort and convenience of its residents. B. Findings of Fact 1. The flood hazard areas of Tiffin are subject to periodic inundation which can result in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare of the community. 2. These flood losses, hazards, and related adverse effects are caused by: (i) The occupancy of flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to flood damages which create hazardous conditions as a result of being inadequately elevated or otherwise protected from flooding and (ii) the cumulative effect of obstructions on the flood plain causing increases in flood heights and velocities. C. Statement of Purpose It is the purpose of this Ordinance to protect and preserve the rights, privileges and property of Tiffin and its residents and to preserve and improve the peace, safety, health, welfare, and comfort and convenience of its residents by minimizing those flood losses described in Section IB1 of this Ordinance with provisions designed to: