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Attachment 5 <br /> 31 <br /> ORDINANCE <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COUNTY <br /> FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE <br /> February 23, 2009 <br /> An Ordinance Amending <br /> The Orange County Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, and Subdivision Regulations <br /> Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange, North Carolina, that the Orange <br /> County Zoning Ordinance,Zoning Ordinance Map, and Subdivision Regulations are hereby amended <br /> (indicated by underlined language) as follows: <br /> PART I. That Article 1 Section 1.5 Farm Exemption of the Zoning Ordinance be amended as <br /> follows: <br /> 1.5 Farm Exemption <br /> The provisions of this ordinance which are adopted under Chapter 153A, Article 18, Part 3 <br /> do not apply to bona fide farms, as defined in Article 22. as defined within North Carolina <br /> General Statutes except as follows: <br /> 1. Any non-farm use of farm property, <br /> 2. Compliance with any and all regulations required to be imposed by the Federal <br /> Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the National Flood Insurance <br /> Program including any and all applicable Flood Insurance Rate Maps(FIRM), and <br /> 3. Compliance with the Orange County Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay Zoning <br /> District as detailed within this Ordinance. <br /> PART II. That Article 1 be amended to include a new Section, specifically Section 1.7, entitled <br /> Flood Damage Prevention Authority to read as follows: <br /> 1. The Legislature of the State of North Carolina has in Part 6, Article 21 of Chapter <br /> 143; Parts 3 and 4 of Article 18 of Chapter 153A; and Part 121, Article 6 of <br /> Chapter 153A of the North Carolina General Statutes, delegated the responsibility <br /> to local governmental units to adopt regulations designed to promote the public <br /> health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry. <br /> 2. Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), specifically FIRM Map Index 37135 <br /> CINDOC with an effective date of May 16, 2008 as well as all FIRM panels <br /> contained therein, developed by FEMA under a Cooperating Technical State <br /> agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Flood Insurance Study are <br /> hereby established as shown on the Official Zoning Atlas as the Special Flood <br /> Hazard Area Overlay Zoning District, and <br />