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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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