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(F) Make federal flood insurance available for structures and their contents in the City of South Bend, Indiana by fulfilling the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program. (4) Objectives. The objectives of this Article are: (A) To protect human life and health; (B) To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects; (C) To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public; (D) To minimize prolonged business interruptions; (E) To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric,telephone, and sewer lines, streets, and bridges located in floodplains; and (F) To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood prone areas in such a manner as to minimize flood blight areas. Section 21-12.02. Definitions Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this Article shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this Article its most reasonable application. In addition to the definitions contained in Article 12 —Definitions, the following definitions shall apply to the Floodplain Regulations of this Chapter. (1) A zone means portions of the SFHA in which the principal source of flooding is runoff from rainfall, snowmelt, or a combination of both.In A zones,floodwaters may move slowly or rapidly, but waves are usually not a significant threat to buildings. These areas are labeled as Zone A, Zone AE, Zones Al-A30, Zone AO, Zone AH,Zone AR and Zone A99 on a FIRM. The definitions are presented below: Zone A: Areas subject to inundation by the one-percent annual chance flood event. Because detailed hydraulic analyses have not been performed,no base flood elevation or depths are shown. Zone AE and Al-A30: Areas subject to inundation by the one-percent annual chance flood event determined by detailed methods. Base flood elevations are shown within these zones. (Zone AE is on new and revised maps in place of Zones Al-A30).