[HISTORY: Adopted 5-12-1975 Annual Town Meeting, Art. 18.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
Whereas certain areas of the Town of Brewster
are subject to periodic flooding causing serious damage to properties
within these areas; and whereas relief is available in the form of
federally subsidized flood insurance as authorized by the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and whereas it is the intent of the Town
to require the recognition and evaluation of flood hazards in all
official actions relating to land use in the floodplain areas having
special flood hazards; and whereas the Town of Brewster has legal
authority to adopt land use and control measures to reduce flood losses
pursuant to the Constitution and General Laws of the commonwealth[1]; now, therefore, the Town of Brewster hereby votes that:
A.Â
It will enact and maintain in force for those areas
having flood hazards adequate land use and control measures with enforcement
provisions consistent with the criteria set forth in § 1910
of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations.
B.Â
The Conservation Commission or Selectmen or Planning
Board is hereby authorized and directed to:
(1)Â
Assist the Flood Insurance Administrator in delineating
flood hazard areas on available local maps of sufficient scale to
locate building sites for future Town Meeting consideration.
(2)Â
Provide such information as the administrator may
request concerning present uses and occupancy of the floodplain.
(3)Â
Cooperate with federal, local and state agencies and
private firms which undertake to study, survey, map and identify flood
hazard areas and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect
to management of adjoining flood hazard areas in order to prevent
aggravation of existing hazards.
(4)Â
Submit on the anniversary date of the community's
initial eligibility an annual report to the administrator on the progress
made during the past year within the community in the development
of floodplain management measures.
(5)Â
Take any other action reasonable and proper to carry
out program objectives of minimizing or eliminating flood damage.
