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Title 14 : Zoning and Land Use Control
Chapter 4 : Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance

14-401 : Statutory authorization, findings of fact, purpose and objectives.

  1. Statutory authorization. The Legislature of the State of Tennessee has in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-19-101 delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to adopt regulations designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry. Therefore, the Rockford City Commission does ordain as follows:
  2. Findings of fact.
    1. The Rockford City Commission wishes to maintain eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program and in order to do so must meet the requirements of 60.3 of the Federal Insurance Administration Regulations found at 44 CFR ch. 1 (10-1-04 edition).
    2. Areas of Rockford are subject to periodic inundation which could 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.
    3. Flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains, causing increases in flood heights and velocities; by uses in flood hazard areas which are vulnerable to floods; or construction which is inadequately elevated, floodproofed, or otherwise unprotected from flood damages.
  3. Statement of purpose. It 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. This ordinance is designed to:
    1. Restrict or prohibit uses which are vulnerable to water or erosion hazards, or which result in damaging increases in erosion, flood heights, or velocities;
    2. Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including community facilities, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction;
    3. Control the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers which are involved in the accommodation floodwaters;
    4. Control filling, grading, dredging and other development which may increase flood damage or erosion; and
    5. Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally divert floodwaters or which may increase flood hazards to other lands.
  4. Objectives. The objectives of this ordinance are:
    1. To protect human life, health and property;
    2. To minimize expenditure of public funds for costly flood control projects;
    3. To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;
    4. To minimize prolonged business interruptions;
    5. To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in floodable areas;
    6. To 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 blight in flood areas;
    7. To ensure that potential homebuyers are notified that property is in a floodable area; and
    8. To maintain eligibility for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. (as added by Ord. #071207, Aug. 2007)
Date Last Updated: 01/10/2013
Codification Date: 05/01/2003

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Carl Koella, III
Vice Mayor - Sandra L. Hitson
Commissioner - Jennifer L. Brown
City Manager/Recorder - Terry Willett
Attorney - David T. Black

Date Last Updated: 01/10/2013
Codification Date: 05/01/2003

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Carl Koella, III
Vice Mayor - Sandra L. Hitson
Commissioner - Jennifer L. Brown
City Manager/Recorder - Terry Willett
Attorney - David T. Black