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3. (a) Controlling flood plain uses, such as fill, dumping, storage of •materials, structures, building, and any other works which acting alone or in combination with other existing or future uses will cause damaging flood heights and velocities by obstructing flows and reducing valley storage; (b) Protecting human life and health; (c) Minimizing public and private property damage; (d) Providing for public awareness of the potential for flooding; (e) Controlling development which will, when acting alone or in combi- nation with similar developments, create an unjustified demand for public investment in flood control works, by requiring that uses vulnerable to floods, including public facilities which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction; (f) Controlling development which will, when acting alone or in combi- nation with similar development, cause flood losses if public streets, sewer, water, and other utilities must be extended below the flood level to serve the development; (g) Controlling development which will, when acting alone or in combi- nation with similar development, create an additional burden to the public to pay the costs of rescue, relief, emergency preparedness measures, sand- bagging, pumping, and temporary dikes or levees; (h) Controlling development which will, when acting alone or in combi- nation with similar development, create increased runoff, sedimentation, biochemical degradation or, thermal pollution. • Division 2. Use Regulations. Section 31-118.1. General. (a) No land in the FP District shall hereafter be developed, nor any structure therein located, relocated, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged or structurally altered except in full conformity with the provisions of this article and chapter, chapters 9 and 26 of this code, and the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. Prior to the issuance of any permit or approval required by any of such provisions of law, the zoning administrator shall review the proposed project application for compliance with such codes and ordinances and other applicable state or federal laws. (b) No use, development permitted to reduce the capac age ditch or drainage facilit in the floodway except where is fully offset by accompanyi an approved site plan. • r activitv in such FP District shall be y of the floodway of any watercourse, drain - or system. No development shall be permitted .e effect of such development on flood heights improvements identified on and required by