11-19-1
Section 11-19-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases unless otherwise clearly indicated shall have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY GOVERNING BODY. The county commission of each county in this state. (2) FLOOD or FLOODING. The general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas: a. From the overflow of streams, rivers, and other inland waters, or b. From tidal surges, abnormally high tidal waters, tidal waves, or rising coastal waters resulting from tsunamis, hurricanes, or other severe storms. (3) FLOOD-PRONE AREA. Any area with a frequency of inundation of once in 100 years as defined by qualified hydrologists or engineers using methods that are generally accepted by persons engaged in the field of hydrology and engineering. (4) LAND-USE AND CONTROL MEASURES. Zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, and other applications and extensions of the normal police...
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11-19-12
Section 11-19-12 Subdivision regulations - Scope and contents. In exercising the powers granted to it by this chapter, the county planning commission shall prepare and recommend to the county commission for adoption regulations governing the subdivision of land within the flood-prone area of the county. Such regulations may provide for the harmonious development of the flood-prone area of the county; for the coordination of streets within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets; for the size of blocks and lots; for the dedication or reservation of land for streets, school sites, and recreation areas and of easements for utilities and other public services and facilities; and, for a distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to health, safety, convenience, prosperity, or general welfare. Such regulations may include requirements as to the extent to which and the manner in which streets shall be graded, surfaced, and improved, and...
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11-19-11
Section 11-19-11 Subdivision regulations - Procedure for adoption; certification of adopted regulations to probate judge. The county commission is hereby authorized to enact an ordinance regulating the platting and recording of any subdivision of land as defined by this chapter lying within the flood-prone area of the county. The county planning commission shall have the authority to prepare and submit to the county commission for its consideration and adoption regulations governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. Before the county commission may adopt subdivision regulations or any amendment thereto under the provisions of this chapter, the said county commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed regulations. A notice of said public hearing shall be given once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and a copy of the proposed subdivision regulations shall be made available to any interested person before said...
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11-19-10
Section 11-19-10 Powers and duties of planning commission generally; special surveys or studies; right of entry upon lands for preparation of examinations and surveys. (a) It shall be the function and duty of the county planning commission to make and maintain comprehensive surveys and studies of existing conditions and probable future developments in the flood-prone area of the county and to prepare comprehensive plans for physical, social, and economic growth as will best promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience, prosperity, or the general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the development of the flood-prone area of the county. The county planning commission shall have the authority to: (1) Promote public interest and understanding of the economic and social necessity for long-term, coordinated county planning. (2) Confer and cooperate with the federal, state, municipal, and other county and regional authorities regarding matters pertaining to or affecting the...
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11-106-3
Section 11-106-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Any county or municipality. (2) LOCAL IMPACT ISSUE. Any adoption or amendment by a local government of a proposed zoning plan, comprehensive master plan, or land development regulations that, if approved, may or will significantly affect any area or airspace that is within two miles of a military installation. (3) MILITARY INSTALLATION. Any base, camp, post, station, airfield, yard, center, or any other land area under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Defense, including any leased facility, the total acreage of which installation is in excess of 500 acres. The term military installation does not include any facility used primarily for civil works, river projects, or flood control projects. (Act 2014-13, p. 44, ยง1.)...
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9-10B-3
Section 9-10B-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings: (1) AREA OF THE STATE. Any municipality or county, including portions thereof, or other geographical area of the state as may be designated by the commission pursuant to this chapter. (2) BENEFICIAL USE. The diversion, withdrawal, or consumption of the waters of the state in such quantity as is necessary for economic and efficient utilization consistent with the interests of this state. (3) CAPACITY STRESS AREA. An area of the state designated by the commission pursuant to this chapter where the commission determines that the use of the waters of the state, whether ground water, surface water, or both, requires coordination, management, and regulation for the protection of the interests and rights of the people of the state. (4) CERTIFICATE OF USE. A certificate which shall be issued by the...
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9-9-7
Section 9-9-7 Establishment of district - Filing of petition for organization of district; appointment, etc., of engineer; report of engineer. (a) Whenever a petition praying for the organization of a water management district and signed by a majority of the landowners owning more than one third of the land in acreage in a proposed district or by at least one third of the persons owning more than one half of the land in the proposed district shall be filed with the court of probate of such county in which such lands are located or, if such lands are composed of tracts or parcels situated in two or more counties, then in the office of the court of probate of the county in which there is situated more of said lands than in any other county, said petition setting forth the specific body or district of land in the county or county and adjoining counties described in such a way as to convey an intelligent idea as to location of such land and stating that the public benefit or utility or the...
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45-41-260.09
Section 45-41-260.09 Zoning; grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the county, the commission, with the approval of the county commission, may divide the portion of the county within its zoning jurisdiction into districts of the number, shape, and area as may be found best suited to carry out the purposes of this article, and to provide within the districts for standards relating to the use of the land and the types and kinds of structures that may be erected in the districts, and all home remodeling or modification in the districts. The provision shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the area involved and shall be designed to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic, and other dangers; to provide for health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue mixed use of...
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11-99-2
Section 11-99-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) BLIGHTED OR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA: a. An area in which the structures, buildings, or improvements, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, or crime, and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or b. Any area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated, or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,...
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9-10B-5
Section 9-10B-5 Functions and duties of Office of Water Resources. The general functions and duties of the Office of Water Resources shall be as follows: (1) To develop long-term strategic plans for the use of the waters of the state by conducting and participating in water resource studies and by administering the laws established by this chapter and regulations promulgated hereunder; (2) Acting through the commission, to adopt and promulgate rules, regulations, and standards for the purposes of this chapter, and to develop policy for the state regarding the waters of the state; (3) To implement quantitative water resource programs and projects for the coordination, conservation, development, management, use, and understanding of the waters of the state; (4) To serve as a repository for data regarding the waters of the state; (5) To, at its discretion, study, analyze, and evaluate in coordination with, or with the assistance of, other agencies of the state, the federal government, any...
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