2025 Session
Last amended: 1990 session
§ 103F.115 — Priority for Reducing Flood Damage
Plain-Language Summary
Local floodplain management ordinances take priority over structural flood control projects.
103F.115 PRIORITY FOR REDUCING FLOOD DAMAGE.
Floodplain management ordinances are to be given primary consideration in the reduction of flood damage in the state and alternative methods for reducing flood damage may not be carried out before adoption of floodplain management ordinances by local governmental units. Structural projects which have the purpose of controlling floods are to be considered only as elements of a floodplain management program.
History:
History: History:
1990 c 391 art 6 s 5
Practical Notes
Zoning and land use rules must be in place before dams or levees can be built.