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FLOOD PLAIN ZOVING ORDINANCE (SINGLE DISTRICT) SECTION 1.0 STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND PURPOSES 1.1 STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION The Legislature oE the State of Ohio has delegated to municipal corporations the responsibility to adopt a plan for dividing the municipal corporation or any portion thereof into zones or districts in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity, and general welfare for the limitation and regulation o£ the uses of buildings and other structures and of premises in such zones or districts. Therefore, be it ordained by the Council of Mayfield Village, Ohio: ' 1.2 FINDINGS OF FACT 1.21 Flood Losses Resulting from Periodic Inundation - The flood hazard areas of Mayfield Village, Ohio are subject to periodic in- undation which results in loss of life and property, health and saPety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures £or flood protection and relie£, and impairment of the tax base all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general wel£are. 1.22 General Causes of These Flood Losses - These flood losses are caused by: (1) The comulative e££ect of obstructions in flood plains, causing increased flood heights and velocities; (2) The occupancy of flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to floods or hazardous to others whsch are inadequately elevated or otherwise protected from flood damages. 1.23 Methods Used to Analyze Flood Hazard - This Ordinance relies upon a two-step process £or reasonably analyzing the flood hazard a££ecting specific lands. The O££icial Zoning Map adopted as part o£ this Ordinance (Section 2.2) provides the Pirst step by delineat- ing a Regional Flood Plain District determined to be subject to £looding, based upon evidence of past flood events as shown on Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Map provided by F.I.A. The followinq information has been used to delineate this district: soil maps, historic flood maps, topographic studies and such other aids as the Village Engineer shall determine. When specific inEormation becomes available to designate separate Floodway and Floodway Fringe District, this Regional Flood Plain District may be separated into the two districts. In areas where this designation has not yet been made the second step involves a determination of the flood hazard at the site of any proposed Special Exception use. All uses, other than open space uses, are Special Exception uses under the terms of Section 4,2 of this Ordinance and require a case-by-case evaluation by the Board of Appeals, with expert technical assistance where necessary. The Board shall, where applicable: _(1) Estimate3thehdigeharge of the regional flood which is representative of large tloods known to;have occured in this region