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SUBDIVISION REGULATION FOR FLOOD HAZARD AREAS SECTION 1.0 STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND PURPOSE 1.1 STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION The Legislature o£ the State of Ohio has delegated to local governmental units the responsibility to adopt subdivision regulations. Therefore, the Council of Mayfield Village, Ohio ordains as follows: 1.2 FINDING OF FACT 1.21 Flood Losses Resulting £rom Periodic Inundation - The flood hazard areas of Mayfield Village, Ohio are subject to periodic inundation which results in the loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, dis- ruption of commerce and governmental serviees, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment o£ 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 cuinulative effect of obstructions in flood plains causing increases in flood heights and velocities, and (2) the occupancy of flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to floods, or hazardous to other lands, which are inadequately elevated or otherwise protected from flood damages. 1.23 Methods Used to Analyze Flood Hazards - This ordinance is based upon a two-step process for reasonably analyzing the flood hazard af£ecting specific lands. The flood hazard map adopted as part of this Ordinance (Section 2.1) provides the first step by delineating a Regulatory Flood Plain District determined to be subject to £looding, based upon evidence of past flood events. The following information has been used to delineate this district: soil maps, historic flood maps, topographic surveys and such other aids as deemed appropriate for this purpose as the Village Engineer shall determine. When sufficient information becdmes available to designate separate Floodway and Floodway Fringe Districts, this Regulatory 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 subdivision (Section 6.12). 1.3 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE It is the purpose of this Ordinance to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize those losses described in Section 1.21 by provisions designed to: 1.31 Restrict or prohibit subdivision of lands for uses which aze dangerous to health, safety or property in times of flood or which, with reasonably anticipated improvements, will cause excessive increases in flood heights or velocities.