Cape Canaveral Comprehensive Plan

Coastal Management Element

 

Objective CM-8:

The City shall prepare a post-disaster redevelopment plan which will reduce the exposure of human life and public and private property to natural hazards. The measurement of this Objective is the development of a post-disaster redevelopment plan plus the degree to which the following Policies are implemented.

Policy CM-8.1:

The City shall establish a mechanism for obtaining input on this matter from affected property-owners, the general public, public officials, and experts which will involve meetings among these persons and a means to develop recommendations leading to the preparation of the post-disaster redevelopment plan.

Policy CM-8.2:

The City shall use the following as the guiding principle for its post-disaster redevelopment plan: Reducing the exposure of human life and property to natural hazards.

Policy CM-8.3:

The City's post-disaster redevelopment plan shall include policies to: distinguish between short-term and long-term reconstruction needs; facilitate the removal, relocation or structural modification of damaged infrastructure and structures; limit redevelopment in areas of repeated damage; and facilitate the adoption of recommendations of interagency hazard mitigation reports into the Comprehensive Plan.

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