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64 <br /> I-F. Special Flood Harard Area Standards. <br /> Section 6.32 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance is hereby adopted by reference. <br /> PART XXIV. Section II.Definitions of the Subdivision Regulations is hereby amended by <br /> adding the following definitions and deleting the existing definitions as follows: <br /> "Floodplain refers to any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source, more <br /> specifically, lands subject to a one (1) percent or greater chance of being flooded in any given year as <br /> determined in the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance. The floodplain is also referred to as the special <br /> ood hazard area. S p ecial flood hazard areas are ma.•ed in the Federal Emer.enc Mana_ement <br /> Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps as Zone AE for areas, where the base flood elevation has been <br /> determined, and Zone A, where no base flood elevation has been determined." <br /> "Floodway means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be <br /> reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation <br /> more than one(1) foot. This term may also be referred to as the regulatory floodway." <br /> "Special flood hazard areas refer to areas mapped in the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood <br /> Insurance Rate Maps, with an effective date of February 2, 2007, as Zone AE for areas, where the base <br /> flood elevation has been determined, and Zone A,where no base flood elevation has been determined." <br /> PART XXV. The Orange County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance is hereby rescinded <br /> in its present form and is no longer in effect. <br /> Adoption certification. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the amendments to the <br /> Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations, as adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of <br /> Orange County,North Carolina, on the day of 2009. <br /> WITNESS my hand and the official seal of,this the day of , 2009. <br /> Donna Baker Seal: <br /> Clerk to BOCC <br /> PART XXVI. This Ordinance shall be effective upon adoption. Adopted this the day <br /> of , 2009,upon motion of Commissioner , seconded by <br /> Commissioner <br /> I,Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange,North Carolina, <br /> DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at <br /> a meeting held on. , 2009 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said <br /> proceedings are recorded in the minutes of said Board. <br /> WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of , 2009. <br /> Clerk to the Board of Commissioners <br />