Sacramento County Zoning Code § 901-04 Methods of Reducing Flood Losses

In order to accomplish its purposes, this ordinance includes methods and provisions to:

• A. Restrict or prohibit development which is dangerous to health, safety, and property due to flood hazards, or which results in damaging increases in flood heights or velocities;

• B. Require that development vulnerable to floods, including facilities that serve such development, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction;

• C. Control the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers, which help accommodate or channel flood waters;

• D. Control filling, grading, dredging, and other development which may increase flood damage; and

• E. Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers that will unnaturally divert floodwater or which may increase flood hazards in other areas.