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Letter sent to property owners affected by a LOMA or LOMR <br /> 81 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br /> Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director Attachment 7 <br /> ®t'ahQe �o4,rs <br /> Current Planning a,71 306F Revere Road <br /> (919) 245-2575 r ! P 0 Box 8181 <br /> 919 644-3002 (FAX) Hillsborough, <br /> www.co.orange.nc.us North North Carolina, 27278 <br /> tr � <br /> 4 cttti <br /> oar <br /> [ t[ u'L.>I 'M <br /> February 5, 2009 <br /> Subject: Amendments to the Orange County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and to the Flood <br /> Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) contained within the Ordinance. <br /> To Whom It May Concern: <br /> This letter is being sent to inform you that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners has <br /> scheduled a PUBLIC HEARING to consider amendments to the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance. <br /> FEMA has already issued letters of approval for the following amendments to the FIRMs: <br /> 1. Summary of Map Actions (SOMA) for flood panel 9890 dated May 16, 2008, which changed the suffix from"K" to <br /> "L"and involved amendments entirely within the Town of Chapel Hill, <br /> 2. Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA) 07-04-6156R (Cates Creek Boulevard crossing at Cates Creek), 08-04-2897A <br /> (Hartwell residence at 300 Lawrence Road), 08-04-2899A (Ferry residence at 1325 Farmview Road), 08-04-2898A <br /> (Isbell residence at 4206 Dunkeld Way),and 08-04-2900A(Morgan residence at 1530 Park Lane),and <br /> 3. Letters of Map Revision (LOMA) 06-04-BQ22P (dam removal on the Eno River at Pleasant Green Road), 06-04- <br /> C141P (driveway for the Lutz residence across Buckwater Creek), 07-04-6156R(Cates Creek Boulevard crossing at <br /> Cates Creek),and 08-04-1666P(Churton Grove Phase 4 bridge over Stroud's Creek) <br /> A LOMA is an acknowledgement by FEMA that the mapped floodplain does not reflect the true <br /> base flood elevation, as applied to a specific house or accessory building. They are applied for when <br /> a property owner believes his or her house, garage, barn, or other structure is inappropriately <br /> mapped within a floodplain. An elevation certificate is required to verify the owner's assertions. <br /> The FIRM and the underlying Flood Insurance Study does not change, but the flood insurance <br /> status for the house or accessory structure does change. <br /> A LOMR alters the base flood elevation of the floodplain and the underlying Flood Insurance Study,by <br /> either lowering or raising the elevation depending on the specific situation. It is required for any stream <br /> crossing or dam removal involving a mapped special flood hazard area(floodplain). LOMRs physically <br /> and legally alter FEMA FIRMs. <br /> This letter is being sent to inform you that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners has <br /> scheduled a PUBLIC HEARING to consider amendments to the Orange County Zoning Ordinance and <br /> Zoning Atlas to incorporate Flood Damage Prevention standards as a new Special Flood Hazard Area <br /> Zoning Overlay District. <br /> The Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance presently affects your property. By adding this standards to our Zoning Ordinance a <br /> notification must occur. This change in code location does not cause any additional restrictions to your property. The affects <br />