- 15.42.60 Lands to Which This Ordinance Applies
The ordinance shall apply to all Special Flood Hazard Areas and areas removed from the floodplain by the issuance of a FEMA Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F) within the jurisdiction of the Town of Rangely, Colorado.
- 15.42.61 Basis for Establishing the Special Flood Hazard Area
The Special Flood Hazard Areas identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled, "The Flood Insurance Study for the Town of Rangely, Colorado and Incorporated Areas," dated with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and any revisions thereto are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance. These Special Flood Hazard Areas identified by the FIS and attendant mapping are the minimum area of applicability of this ordinance and may be supplemented by studies designated and approved by the Town of Rangely Trustees. The Floodplain Administrator shall keep a copy of the Flood Insurance Study (FIS), DFIRMs, and FIRMs on file and available for public inspection.
- 15.42.62 Establishment of Floodplain Development Permit
A Floodplain Development Permit shall be required to ensure conformance with the provisions of this ordinance.
- 15.42.63 Compliance
No structure or land shall hereafter be located, altered, or have its use changed within the Special Flood Hazard Area without full compliance with the terms of this ordinance and other applicable regulations. Nothing herein shall prevent the Floodplain Administrator from taking such lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation. These regulations meet the minimum requirements as set forth by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the National Flood Insurance Program.
- 15.42.64 Abrogation and Greater Restrictions
This ordinance is not intended to repeal, abrogate, or impair any existing easements, covenants, or deed restrictions. However, where this ordinance and another ordinance, easement, covenant, nor deed restriction conflict or overlap, whichever imposes the more stringent restrictions shall prevail.
- 15.42.65 Interpretation
In the interpretation and application of this ordinance, all provisions shall be:
- Considered as minimum requirements.
- Liberally construed in favor of the Town and its governing Board of Trustees; and
- Deemed neither to limit nor repeal any other powers granted under State statutes and Colorado’s common law.
- 15.42.66 Warning and Disclaimer of Liability
The degree of flood protection required by this ordinance is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on scientific and engineering considerations. On rare occasions greater floods can and will occur and flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes.
This ordinance does not imply that land outside the Special Flood Hazard Area or uses permitted within such areas will be free from flooding or flood damage. This ordinance shall not create liability on the part of the Town or its Board of Trustees or any official or employee thereof for any flood damages that result from reliance on this ordinance, or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder.
- 15.42.67 Severability
This ordinance and the various parts thereof are hereby declared to be severable. Should any section of this ordinance be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any portion thereof other than the section so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
