[CC 1979 App. D §A; Ord. No. 87-21 Art. I §A, 9-1-1987]
The legislature of the State of Missouri has in Chapter 89 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri 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 City Council of Neosho, Missouri, does ordain as follows.
[CC 1979 App. D §B; Ord. No. 87-21 Art. I §B, 9-1-1987]
A. 
The flood hazard areas of Neosho are subject to periodic inundation which, results in loss of life, 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. 
These flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains causing increases in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy in flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to floods or hazards to other lands which are inadequately elevated, floodproofed, or otherwise unprotected from flood damages.
[CC 1979 App. D §C; Ord. No. 87-21 Art. I §C, 9-1-1987]
A. 
It is the purpose of this Chapter to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed:
1. 
To protect human life and health;
2. 
To minimize expenditure of public money 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 floodplains;
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 future flood blight areas;
7. 
To insure that potential home buyers are notified that property is in a flood area; and
8. 
To insure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions.
[CC 1979 App. D §D; Ord. No. 87-21 Art. I §D, 9-1-1987]
A. 
In order to accomplish its purposes, this Chapter includes methods and provisions for:
1. 
Restricting or prohibiting uses which are dangerous to health, safety, and property due to water or erosion or to flood heights or velocities.
2. 
Requiring that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction.
3. 
Controlling and alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers, which are involved in the accommodation of flood waters.
4. 
Controlling filling, grading, dredging, and other development which may increase erosion or flood damage.
5. 
Preventing or regulating the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally divert floodway waters or which may increase flood hazards in other areas.