§ 8-5. Hazard mitigation program.

(a)

Prior to a major disaster, the committee shall maintain a comprehensive hazard mitigation program that includes both long-term and short-term components. The long-term component shall be prepared and adopted by resolution of the city council as the safety or natural hazards element of the comprehensive plan for the purpose of enhancing long-term safety against future disasters.

(b)

The safety element shall determine and assess the community's vulnerability to such known hazards and shall propose measures to be taken both before and after a major disaster to mitigate such hazards. The safety element shall identify and map the presence, location, extent, and severity of natural hazards, including, but not limited to severe flooding; wildland and urban fires; seismic hazards such as ground shaking and deformation, fault rupture, liquefaction, tsunamis, and dam failure; slope instability, mudslides, landslides, and subsidence; coastal erosion; hurricanes and other high winds; biological hazards, such as oil spills, natural gas leakage and fires, hazardous and toxic materials contamination, and nuclear power plant and radiological accidents.

(Ord. No. 2013-51, § 2, 8-13-13)