Sec. 25-69. Declaration of policy.
Sec. 25-69. Declaration of policy. It is hereby found and declared that, because
of the occurrence of severe storms accompanied by winds up to hurricane force, abnormal high tides and tide flooding, the lives and property of residents and other persons
within areas exposed to such hazards are endangered, and that, in the interest of public
health, safety and general welfare, it is necessary to minimize, and as far as possible to
prevent loss of life, property and revenue to municipalities and the state from taxation
by the construction of protective works on or near shores and beaches within such areas.
As title to the land between high and low watermark is vested in the state, it is further
found and declared to be in the public interest to secure such exposed areas by the
most economical and effective means for safeguarding life and protecting property and,
because it is uneconomical and ineffective for the general purpose for an individual
landowner to attempt to maintain protective installations separated from and lacking
coextension with those of abutting properties, that it is in the public interest to provide
the ways and means for collective and cooperative action to alleviate the dangers and
destruction common to such exposed areas. It is further found and declared that because
of the recurrence of severe flooding of many of the waterways of the state and their
tributaries, taking a huge toll in life and property, extensive flood protection measures
must be inaugurated. It is, therefore, found and declared to be in the public interest that
encroachment limits along waterways be established and any flood control features at
dams and reservoirs, including municipally owned water supply dams and reservoirs,
be utilized as a part of the construction and installation of any flood control project.
(1955, S. 2399d; November, 1955, S. N209; P.A. 93-324, S. 2, 4.)
History: P.A. 93-324 amended section to include municipally-owned water supply dams and reservoirs, effective July
1, 1993.