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~.~9 WHEREAS, this body has the legal authority to adopt land use and control measures to reduce future flood losses pursuant to Article 20, Chapter 153 of the North Carolina General Statutes; NOW, THF,REFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Commissioners hereby: 1, Assures the Federal Insurance Administration that it will enact as necessary, and maintain in force for those areas having _ flood or mudslide hazards, adequate land use and control measures with effective enforcement provisions aonaistent with the Criteria set forth in Section 1910 of the National Flood Insurance Program i Regulations; and - 2. vests County Administrator with the responsibility, authority, and means to: (e) Aelineate or assist the Administrator, at his request, in delineating the limits of the areas having special flood (and/or mudslide) hazards on available local maps of sufficient scale to identify the location of building sites. (b) Provide such information as the Administrator may reauest concerning present uses and occupancy of the flood plain (and/or mudslide area). (c). Cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies and private firm's which undertake to study, survey, map, and identify flood plain or mudslide areas, and cooperate with neighboring communities with respect to management of adjoining flood plain and/or mudslide areas in order to prevent aggravation of existing hazards. (d) Submit on the anniversary date of the aommuriity~s initial eligibility an annual report to the Administrator on the progress made during the past year within the community in the development and implementation of flood plain (and/or mudslide area) management measure a. 3, Appoints Orang® County Building Inspector to maintain for public inspection and to furnish upon request a record of elevations (in relation to mean sea level) of the lowest floor (including basement) of all new or substantially improved structures located in the special flood hazard areas. If the lowest floor is below grade an one or more ~i sides, the elevation of the floor immediately above must also be recorded. (~. Agrees to take such other official action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.'} RESOLTUION TO INDICATE THE BIIILDING PERMIT SYSTEM WHEREAS, the County of Orange has adopted and is enforcing a State Building and a Zoning Ordinance, and WHEREAS, Section 1-$ of the North Carolina Building Code of the aforesaid prohibits any person, firm•or corporation from erecting, aonatructing, enlarging, altering, repairing, improving, moving or demolishing any building or structure without first obtaining a separate building permit for eaoh building or structure from the Building Inspector, and WHEREAS, the Building Inspector must examine all plans and specifications For the proposed construction when application is made to him for s building permit. NOW, TFIEREF'ORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of orange as follows: 1. That the County Building Inspector shall review all building permit applications for new construction or substantial improvements to determine whether proposed building sites will be reasonably safe from flooding. If s proposed building site is in a location that has a flood hazard, any proposed new construction or substantial improvement (including prefabricated and mobile homes) must (i) be designed (or I modified) and anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the atruature; (ii) use conatruation materials and utility equipment that are resistant to flood damage, and (iii) use construction methods and practices that will minimize flood damages