Chapter 16.18 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
Section 16.18.020 Findings of fact.
A. The flood hazard areas of Vernal City
are subject to periodic inundation, which
results in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and
governmental services, and extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and
relief, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare.
B. These flood losses are created by the cumulative effect
of obstructions in flood
plains which cause an increase in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy of
flood hazards areas by uses vulnerable to floods and hazardous to other lands because
they are inadequately elevated, flood proofed or otherwise protected from flood
damage.
(PZSC § 03-08-002)
(Ord. 2010-19, Amended, 09/22/2010, Prior Text)