This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authorization
in § 62.23, Wis. Stats., and the requirements in § 87.30
Wis. Stats.
Uncontrolled development and use of the floodplains
and rivers of this municipality would impair the public health, safety,
convenience, general welfare and tax base.
This chapter is intended to regulate floodplain
development to:
A. Protect life, health and property;
B. Minimize expenditures of public funds for flood control
projects;
C. Minimize rescue and relief efforts undertaken at the
expense of the taxpayers;
D. Minimize business interruptions and other economic
disruptions;
E. Minimize damage to public facilities in the floodplain;
F. Minimize the occurrence of future flood blight areas
in the floodplain;
G. Discourage the victimization of unwary land and home
buyers;
H. Prevent increases in flood heights that could increase
flood damage and result in conflicts between property owners; and
I. Discourage development in a floodplain if there is
any practicable alternative to locate the activity, use or structure
outside of the floodplain.
This chapter shall be known as the "Floodplain
Zoning Ordinance for St. Francis, Wisconsin."