SECTION 1.0:    GENERAL PROVISIONS 1.1 

Statutory Authorization ARTICLE XVIII, Section 3, of the Ohio Constitution grants municipalities the legal authority to adopt land use and control measures for promoting the health, safety, and general welfare of its citizens.  Therefore, the Council of the Village of Gloria Glens Park, Medina County, Ohio, does ordain as follows:

1.2         Findings of Fact
               The Village of Gloria Glens Park has special flood hazard areas that are subject to periodic inundation which 
               may result in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental 
               services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base. 
               Additionally, structures that are inadequately elevated, floodproofed, or otherwise protected from flood 
               damage also contribute to the flood loss. In order to minimize the threat of such damages and to achieve the
               purposes hereinafter set forth, these regulations are adopted.

1.3         Statement of Purpose
               It is the purpose of these regulations to promote the public health, safety and general welfare, and to: 

               A.      Protect human life and health; 
               B.       Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects; 
               C.       Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the 
                         expense of the general public; 
               D.      Minimize prolonged business interruptions; 
               E.       Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and 
                         sewer lines, streets and bridges located in areas of special flood hazard; 
               F.       Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the proper use and development of areas of 
                         special flood hazard so as to protect property and minimize future flood blight areas; 
               G.      Ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions; 
               H.      Minimize the impact of development on adjacent properties within and near flood prone areas; 
               I.        Ensure that the flood storage and conveyance functions of the floodplain are maintained; 
               J.       Minimize the impact of development on the natural, beneficial values of the floodplain; 
               K.      Prevent floodplain uses that are either hazardous or environmentally incompatible; 
               L.       Meet community participation requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.

1. 1.4       Methods of Reducing Flood Loss
                 In order to accomplish its purposes, these regulations include methods and provisions for: 

               A.       Restricting or prohibiting uses which are dangerous to health, safety, and property due to water 
                          hazards, of which result in damaging increases in flood heights or velocities; 
               B.       Requiring that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities, which serve such uses, be protected 
                          against flood damage at the time of initial construction; 
               C.       Controlling the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers, which
                          help accommodate or channel flood waters; 
               D.       Controlling filling, grading, dredging, excavating, and other development which may increase flood 
                          damage; 
               E.        Preventing or regulating the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally divert flood waters or
                          which may increase flood hazards in other areas.

1.5       Lands to Which These Regulations Apply
             These regulations shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard within the jurisdiction of the Village of
             Gloria Glens Park as identified in Section 1.6, including any additional areas of special flood hazard annexed by 
             the Village of Gloria Glens Park.

1.6       Basis for Establishing the Areas of Special Flood Hazard
            For the purposes of these regulations, the following studies and / or maps are adopted: 

            A.      FEMA Flood Insurance Rate and Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps for the Village of Gloria Glens 
                      Park dated August 19, 1985. 
            B.      Any hydrologic and hydraulic engineering analysis authored by a registered Professional Engineer in the 
                      State of Ohio which has been approved by the Village of Gloria Glens Park as required by Section 4.3
                      Subdivisions and Large Scale Developments.
 
            Any revisions to the aforementioned maps and / or studies are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be
            a part of these regulations. Such maps and/or studies are on file at the Office of the Clerk of the Village located
            at the Gloria Glens Town Hall at the intersection of Playland Parkway and Lake Road, mailing address: P.O. Box
            457, Chippewa Lake, Ohio, 44215.

1.7       Abrogation and Greater Restrictions
            These regulations are not intended to repeal any existing ordinances including subdivision regulations, zoning
            or building codes. In the event of a conflict between these regulations and any other ordinance, the more
            restrictive shall be followed. These regulations shall not impair any deed restriction covenant or easement but
            the land subject to such interests shall also be governed by the regulations.

1.8       Interpretation
             In the interpretation and application of these regulations, all provisions shall be: 

            A.       Considered as minimum requirements; 
            B.       Liberally construed in favor of the governing body; and, deemed neither to limit nor repeal any other
                       powers granted under state statutes. Where a provision of these regulations may be in conflict with a
                       state or Federal law, such state or Federal law shall take precedence over these regulations.

1.9       Warning and Disclaimer of Liability
            The degree of flood protection required by these regulations is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes
            and is based on scientific and engineering considerations. Larger floods can and will occur on rare occasions. 
            Flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes. These regulations do not imply that land 
            outside the areas of special flood hazard or uses permitted within such areas will be free from flooding or flood 
            damage. These regulations shall not create liability on the part of the Village of Gloria Glens Park, any officer or 
            employee thereof, or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for any flood damage that results from 
            reliance on these regulations or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder. 1.10 Severability Should 
            any section or provision of these regulations be declared by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
            decision shall not affect the validity of the regulations as a whole, or any part thereof other than the part so  
            declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.