Jordan Valley, Oregon Planning Documents
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Item Open Access Jordan Valley : Flood damage prevention ordinance(City of Jordan Valley (Or.), 1980-12-16) Jordan Valley (Or.)It is the purpose of this ordinance to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed: 1. To protect human life and health; 2. To minimize expenditure of public money and costly flood control projects; 3. To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public; 4. To minimize prolonged business interruptions; 5. To 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; 6. To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of areas of special flood hazard so as to minimize future flood blight areas; 7. To ensure that potential buyers are notified that property is in an area of special flood hazard; and 8. To ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions. [From the document]Item Open Access Jordan Valley : Development code(Jordan Valley (Or.), 2007-09-29) Jordan Valley (Or.)Development codes are ordinances implementing a local government’s comprehensive plan. They include two components: a zoning ordinance and a subdivision ordinance, which may be adopted and published as separate documents under their own titles. In some cases the sections pertaining to subdivision of land may be included in the zoning ordinance.