GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 

 SESSION 1999 



S/H 



BILL DRAFT ERCOO-SG/SBZ-00 1 . 08 (5.09) 

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ATTENTION: This is a draft and is not ready for introduction. 



Short Title: Flood Hazard Prevention Act of 2000 



(Public) 



Sponsors : 



Referred to; 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO PREVENT INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ONE 



3 HUNDRED- YEAR FLOODPLAIN AND TO REDUCE FLOOD HAZARDS, AS 



4 RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 



5 Whereas, the hurricanes and associated flooding 



6 experienced in Eastern North Carolina in 1999 caused over six 



7 billion dollars in damage; and 



8 Whereas, some of the structural damage resulting from 



9 the floods could have been prevented by requiring development in 



10 the floodplain to be elevated above the 100-year floodplain; and 



11 Whereas, harm to the environment could have been 



12 minimized by prohibiting certain inappropriate uses in the 



13 floodplain; Now, therefore, 



14 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



15 Section 1. Part 6 of Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the 

 15 General Statutes reads as rewritten: 



17 "PART 6. Floodway Floodplain Regulation. 



18 "§ 143-215.51. Preamble. 



19 ( a ) The purpose of this Part is fee — cpocify — m e ans iet 



20 regulation of artificial — obstructions — in floodwaye . to: 



