This chapter shall be known and may be referred to and cited
as the "City of Warren Floodplain Ordinance."
The intent of this chapter is to:
A. Promote the general health, welfare, and safety of the community.
B. Encourage the utilization of appropriate construction practices in
order to prevent or minimize flood damage in the future.
C. Minimize danger to public health by protecting water supply and natural
drainage.
D. Reduce financial burdens imposed on the community, its governmental
units, and its residents, by preventing excessive development in areas
subject to flooding.
E. Comply with federal and state floodplain management requirements.
This chapter supersedes any other conflicting provisions which
may be in effect in identified floodplain areas.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this chapter shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever,
such a decision shall not affect the remaining portions of the Ordinance,
which shall remain in full force and effect, and for this purpose
the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable.