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d, Control filling grading dredging and all other development, which may increase <br />erosion or flood damage; and <br />e. Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally divert <br />floodwaters or which.mgY increase flood hazards to other lands. <br />Sec 4 2 35 Objectives. <br />The objectives of SFHA Overlay District are to: <br />a. Protect hrrman life safety, and health; <br />b. Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects' <br />c. Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and <br />generally undertaken at the expense of the general pubhc� <br />d. Minimize prolonged business losses and interruptions; <br />e. Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, <br />electric telephone, cable and other commumcation facrhtres and sewer lines sheets <br />and bridges located in flood -prone areas; <br />f. Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of <br />flood prone areas in such a manner as to minimize flood blight areas, and <br />g. Ensure that potential homebuyers are notified that property is in a Special Flood <br />Hazard Area. <br />Sec 4 2 36 Statutory authorization. <br />Under the authority outline in Section 1 7 the Board of Commissioners of Orange <br />County, North Carolina does enact the SFHA overlay District regulations as detailed <br />herein. <br />Sec 4 2 37 Findings of fact. <br />a) The flood prone areas within the planning jurisdiction of Orange County are subject <br />to periodic inundation which results in loss of life property, health and safety <br />hazards disruption of commerce and governmental services extraordinary public <br />expenditures of flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base all of <br />which adversely affect the public health safety, and general welfare. <br />b) These flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains <br />causing increases in flood heights and velocities and by the occupancy in flood <br />tune areas by uses vulnerable to floods or hazards to other lands which are <br />inadequately elevated flood proofed or otherwise unprotected from flood damages. <br />