[Ord. No. 18.14, 4-5-2018[1]]
The Legislature of the State of Missouri has in Section 79.110,
RSMo., delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to
adopt floodplain management regulations designed to protect the health,
safety, and general welfare. Therefore, the Board of Aldermen of the
City of Osage Beach, Missouri, ordains as follows.
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A.
Flood Losses Resulting From Periodic Inundation. The special flood
hazard areas of the City of Osage Beach, Missouri, are subject to
inundation which results 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.
B.
General Causes Of The Flood Losses. These flood losses are caused
by: (1) the cumulative effect of development in any delineated floodplain
causing increases in flood heights and velocities; and (2) the occupancy
of flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to floods, hazardous to others,
inadequately elevated, or otherwise unprotected from flood damages.
C.
Methods Used To Analyze Flood Hazards. The Flood Insurance Study
(FIS) that is the basis of this Chapter uses a standard engineering
method of analyzing flood hazards which consist of a series of interrelated
steps.
1.
Selection of a base flood that is based upon engineering calculations
which permit a consideration of such flood factors as its expected
frequency of occurrence, the area inundated, and the depth of inundation.
The base flood selected for this Chapter is representative of large
floods which are characteristic of what can be expected to occur on
the particular streams subject to this Chapter. It is the general
order of a flood which could be expected to have a one percent (1%)
chance of occurrence in any one (1) year as delineated on the Federal
Insurance Administrator's FIS, and illustrative materials for
Camden County dated April 18, 2018, as amended, and any future revisions
thereto.
2.
Calculation of water surface profiles are based on a standard
hydraulic engineering analysis of the capacity of the stream channel
and overbank areas to convey the regulatory flood.
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A.
It is the purpose of this Chapter to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare; to minimize those losses described in Article I, Section 415.020(A); to establish or maintain the community's eligibility for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as defined in 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 59.22(a)(3); and to meet the requirements of 44 CFR 60.3(c) by applying the provisions of this Chapter to:
1.
Restrict or prohibit uses that are dangerous to health, safety,
or property in times of flooding or cause undue increases in flood
heights or velocities;
2.
Require uses vulnerable to floods, including public facilities
that serve such uses, be provided with flood protection at the time
of initial construction; and
3.
Protect individuals from buying lands that are unsuited for
the intended development purposes due to the flood hazard.
