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ORDINANCE #2010-2-4 <br /> AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FLOOD DAMAGE <br /> PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR CITY OF BATESVILLE AND FOR OTHER <br /> PURPOSES. <br /> BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, <br /> AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED: <br /> SECTION 1. STATUTORY AUTHORITY <br /> The Legislature of the State of Arkansas has in Ark. Code Ann. § 14-268-101 et seq., delegated <br /> the responsibility of local governmental units to adopt regulations to minimize flood losses. <br /> Therefore,the City Council of Batesville, Arkansas, does hereby ordain as follows: <br /> SECTION 2. FINDINGS OF FACT <br /> A. The Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA)has identified Special Flood Hazard <br /> Areas of Batesville in the current scientific and engineering report entitled"The Flood <br /> Insurance Study(FIS) for Independence County, Arkansas and Incorporated Areas," dated <br /> March 17, 2010, with an effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) dated March 17, 2010. <br /> • B. These Special Flood Hazard Areas are subject to periodic flooding events that result in loss <br /> of life and property,pose health and safety hazards, disrupt commerce and governmental <br /> services, and cause extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, all of <br /> which adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare. <br /> C. These periodic flooding events are exacerbated by the cumulative effect of floodplain <br /> developments which cause an increase in flood heights and velocities, and by the placement <br /> of inadequately elevated, inadequately floodproofed or otherwise unprotected structures or <br /> uses vulnerable to floods into Special Flood Hazard Areas. Such structures or uses are <br /> inherently hazardous to other lands because of their adverse impact on flooding events. <br /> SECTION 3. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE <br /> The purpose of this ordinance is to promote the public health, safety and general welfare,to <br /> prevent adverse impacts from any floodplain development activities, and to minimize public and <br /> private losses due to flooding events in identified Special Flood Hazard Areas. This ordinance <br /> advances the stated purpose through provisions designed to: <br /> A. Protect human life and health; <br /> B. Protect natural floodplains against unwise development; <br /> . C. Eliminate adverse impacts of necessary floodplain development; <br /> 1 of 5 <br />