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- Decrease the community's vulnerability to future hazard events. <br />- Increase the community's resiliency so that recovery can be quicker and <br />less costly. <br />- Decrease the likelihood that a future natural hazard becomes a natural <br />disaster. <br />- Ensure that future development contributes to the community's <br />sustainability over time. <br />(b) Cabarrus County has included several additional goals for hazard mitigation: <br />- Increase or maintain Cabarrus County's internal capabilities to respond <br />to hazards and improve the effectiveness of hazard mitigation efforts. <br />- Enhance existing county policies that will reduce the potential damage <br />from hazards without hindering managed growth and development within <br />the county. <br />- Protect public health, safety and welfare by increasing public awareness <br />of existing hazards and encouraging both the public and private sectors to <br />take actions to mitigate the risks from those hazards. <br />(c) Mitigation goals can only be accomplished within the planning context of <br />providing a sustainable environment that meets the needs of the current population of <br />the county while protecting the needs of future generations. Sustainable development <br />and smart growth principles of land stewardship, protection of the natural <br />environment, and preservation of natural resources have all been considered during <br />the development of mitigation strategies. <br />(d) County ordinances are continually reviewed and revised to ensure our goals and <br />objectives do not hinder hazard mitigation efforts. Cabarrus County Government has <br />been active in floodplain management within the county. Cabarrus County is <br />currently engaged in a stream mitigation project addressing restoration efforts across <br />Rocky River basin. The county has developed a greenway program to encourage <br />recreational development in possible flood hazard areas in place of residential or <br />commercial use of those areas. The county water body overlay district requires a <br />minimum fifty -foot buffer area to be placed along both sides of perennial and <br />intermittent streams. The county enforces watershed protection areas that limit <br />development in critical water supply areas. The County applies strict standards on the <br />type of development that may occur within watershed protection areas. <br />3. Hazard Mitigation Strategies <br />(a) Hazard mitigation includes three types of strategies: <br />(1) Structural mitigation — constructing dam and levee projects to protect against <br />flooding, constructing disaster - resistant structures, and retrofitting existing <br />structures to withstand future hazardous events. <br />Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />1 December dg 2009 uber 4 <br />G -1 <br />