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Subd. 2. Findings of Fact: 1 April 29, 2010 ORDINANCE NO: 842 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1300 OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY CODE BY REPEALING ALL OF EXISTING CHAPTER 1301 (FLOOD PLAIN ZONING) AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 1301 (FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT TO THE CITY CODE THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The Mounds View City Council hereby repeals Chapter 1301 (Flood Plain Zoning) of the Mounds View City Code. SECTION 2. The Mounds View City Council hereby adds a new Chapter 1301 (Flood Plain Management) to the Mounds View City Code as follows: CHAPTER 1301— FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT 1301.01: STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND PURPOSE Subd. 1. Statutory Authorization: The Legislature of the State of Minnesota has, in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 103F and Chapter 462, delegated to local government units the responsibility to adopt regulations designed to minimize flood losses. Therefore, the Mounds View City Council does ordain as follows in this Chapter: a. The flood hazard areas in the City are subject to periodic inundation that results in potential loss of life, loss of 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. Methods Used to Analyze Flood Hazards. The City bases this Chapter on a reasonable method of analyzing flood hazards that is consistent with the standards set by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources "(DNR) c. National Flood Insurance Program Compliance. The City adopts this Chapter to meet the rules and regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program codified as 44 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 59 -78, as amended, so as to maintain the City's eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program. Subd. 3. Statement of Purpose: It is the purpose of this Chapter to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare and to minimize the losses described above in Section 1301.01, Subd. 2 a by the provisions contained herein.