Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

18.360.400 Generally

It is the purpose of this Chapter to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare; to minimize those losses described in Section 18.360.420 B.1.; to establish or maintain the City’s eligibility for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as defined in 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 59.22(a)(3) as amended; and to meet the requirements of 44 CFR 60.3(d) as amended and K.A.R. 5-44-4 as amended by applying the provisions of this Chapter to:

1. A.
   Restrict or prohibit uses that are dangerous to health, safety, or property in times of flooding or cause undue increases in flood heights or velocities;
2. B.
   Require uses vulnerable to floods, including public facilities that serve such uses, be provided with flood protection at the time of initial construction; and
3. C.
   Protect individuals from buying lands that are unsuited for the intended development purposes due to the flood hazard.

(History: Ord. ZRR-3250 §1, 2019; Ord. ZRR-2450 §1, 2003)

Effective on: 1/1/1901