Chapter 25.86 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT AND OVERLAY ZONES
Section 25.86.020 Purpose.
It is the purpose of this chapter to protect and preserve the rights, privileges and property of the
city of
Sioux City and its residents and to preserve and improve the peace, safety, health, welfare and
comfort and
convenience by minimizing those flood losses described in Section 25.86.010 with provisions designed
to:
1. Reserve sufficient flood plain area for the conveyance of flood flows
so that flood heights and
velocities will not be increased substantially.
2. Restrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health,
safety or property in times of flood
or which cause excessive increases in flood heights or velocities.
3. Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including public utilities which
serve such uses, be protected
against flood damage at the time of initial construction.
4. Protect individuals from buying lands which are unsuited for intended purposes
because of flood
hazard.
5. Assure that eligibility is maintained for property owners in the community
to purchase flood insurance
through the National Flood Insurance Program. (Ord. 2001-0415; 89/T-7348)