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1301.01 1301.02 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: Subd. 2. Findings of Fact: 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, subdivision 2 a by the provisions contained herein. 1301.02: GENERAL PROVISIONS: Subd. 1. Lands to Which this Chapter Applies: This Chapter shall apply to all lands in Mounds View shown on the Official Zoning Map and/or the attachments thereto as being within the boundaries of the Floodway, Flood Fringe, or General Flood Plain Districts. Subd. 2. Establishment of Official Zoning Map: The City hereby adopts by reference the Official Zoning Map, together with all materials attached thereto, and declares the Zoning Map to be a part of this Chapter. The attached materials shall include the Flood Insurance Study for Ramsey County, Minnesota (All Jurisdictions) and Flood Insurance Rate Map panels therein numbered 27123C0004G, 27123C0005G and 27123COO10G, all dated June 4, 2010 as prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Official Zoning Map and attached materials shall be on file in the Offices of the City Administrator and the Community Development Director. City of Mounds View