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Flood Control and Beach Erosion (Connecticut General Statutes: Title 25 - Water Resources, Flood and Erosion Control; Chapter 477)

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sous-division territoriale
Connecticut
Type du document
Législation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Inondation Gestion des zones côtières Risques Santé publique Politique/planification Droits de propriété Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Ouvrages Eaux superficielles Collectivité locale Approvisionnement en eau
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

This chapter of the Connecticut General Statutes concerns flood control and beach erosion. It declares that, because of the occurrence of severe storms accompanied by winds up to hurricane force, abnormal high tides and tide flooding, the lives and property of residents and other persons within areas exposed to such hazards are endangered, and that, in the interest of public health, safety and general welfare, it is necessary to minimize, and as far as possible to prevent loss of life, property and revenue to municipalities and the state from taxation by the construction of protective works on or near shores and beaches within such areas. As title to the land between high and low watermark is vested in the state, it is further found and declared to be in the public interest to secure such exposed areas by the most economical and effective means for safeguarding life and protecting property and, because it is uneconomical and ineffective for the general purpose for an individual landowner to attempt to maintain protective installations separated from and lacking coextension with those of abutting properties, that it is in the public interest to provide the ways and means for collective and cooperative action to alleviate the dangers and destruction common to such exposed areas. It is further found and declared that because of the recurrence of severe flooding of many of the waterways of the state and their tributaries, taking a huge toll in life and property, extensive flood protection measures must be inaugurated. It is, therefore, found and declared to be in the public interest that encroachment limits along waterways be established and any flood control features at dams and reservoirs, including municipally owned water supply dams and reservoirs, be utilized as a part of the construction and installation of any flood control project.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.cga.ct.gov