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Flood Hazard Areas (Vermont Statutes: Title 10 Conservation and Development; Chapter 32)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Vermont
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Hazards Flood Public health Local government
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Vermont Statutes concerns flood hazard areas. Its purpose is to minimize and prevent the loss of life and property, the disruption of commerce, the impairment of the tax base, and the extraordinary public expenditures and demands on public service that result from flooding; to ensure that the development of the flood hazard areas of this State is accomplished in a manner consistent with the health, safety and welfare of the public; to coordinate federal, State, and local management activities for flood hazard areas; to encourage local government units to manage flood hazard areas and other flood-prone lands; to provide State assistance to local government units in management of flood-prone lands; to comply with National Flood Insurance Program requirements for the regulation of development; to authorize adoption of State rules for management of uses exempt from municipal regulation in a flood hazard area; to maintain the agricultural use of flood-prone lands consistent with the National Flood Insurance Program; to carry out a comprehensive statewide flood hazard area management program for the State in order to ensure eligibility for flood insurance under the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.

Full text
English
Website
legislature.vermont.gov