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CITY OF LOUISVILLE Ordinance No. 456 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR RULES AND REGULATIONS OF AREAS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO SUBJECT TO FLOODING; PRO- VIDING FOR FLOOD DISTRICTS; PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SAID RULES AND REGULATIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EMERGENCY ADOP- TION OF THIS ORDINANCE. WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to adopt rules and regulations for areas within the City of Louisville subject to flooding in order to pro- mote the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Louisville, Colorado, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the City of Louisville, Colorado: SECTION 1.0 STA'UTORY AUTHORIZATION FINDINGS OF FACT AND PURPOSE. 1.1 Statutory Authorization: This ordinance for flood prevention and control is adopted pursuant to the authority contained in Section 139- 60-1, Colorado Revised Statutes 1963, as amended. 1.2 Findings of Fact: The City Council finds that there are within the City of Louisville various floodplains constituting natural hazards of state and local interest, the occupation of which is likely to cause the loss of human life and the destruction of property, and that the imprudent occupation of these floodplains will pose a continuing and greater future danger to life and property, unless proper regulations are adopted concerning their use and occupation. 1.3 Purpose: The purpose of this ordinance is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, to minimize flood losses in areas subject to flood hazards, and to promote wise use of the flood plain, this flood plain ordinance has been established with the following purposes in- tended: 1.31 To reduce the hazard of floods to life and property by: 1.311 Prohibiting uses which are dangerous to life or property and/or which are hazardous to the public in time of flood.