Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Attachment Five (5): Excerpts of Approved Planning Board Minutes <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />MARCH 4, 2009 <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Brian Crawford, Eno Township At-Large (Chair); Jay Bryan, Chapel Hill Representative (Vic;e- <br />Chair); Mary Bobbitt-Cooke, Cheeks Township Representative; Samantha Cabe, Chapel Hill Township At Large; <br />Nathan Chambers, Cheeks Township At-Large; Rachel Phelps Hawkins, Hillsborough Representative; Tommy McNeill, <br />Eno Township Representative; Jeffrey Schmitt, Cedar Grove Township; Judith Wegner, Bingham Township; Larry <br />Wright, Cedar Grove Township At-Large <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Joel Forrest Knight, Little River Representative; Mark Marcoplos; Bingham Township At-Large <br />STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director, Robert Davis, Planner III; Michael Harvey, Zoning Enforcement <br />Officer; Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator; Shannon Berry, Special Project Planner; Glenn Bowles, Planner <br />II; Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor; Tina Love, Administrative Assistant II <br />******************************************************x*****~**,~**~**~**~*~~*,~,~**,~********** <br />AGENDA ITEM 2: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS <br />a) Next Regular Planning Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, 2009 <br />b) Planning Calendar for March and April <br />c) Memo regarding items requested at February 4, 2009 meeting <br />************************************* <br />Brian Crawford: The other question asked was about flood insurance and how many policies were in our communities. <br />The staff came back with 35 active flood insurance policies in effect in Orange County. <br />Judith Wegner: How is that determined and does that mean 35 individual parcel owners have flood insurance and half <br />are in the flood plains? <br />Glenn Bowles: Flood insurance even in a voluntary situation, unless you are trying to get a mortgage and then most <br />mortgage companies require it if your structure is in a flood plain. In this county, the majority of the polices in effect <br />are the properties that do no contain any flood plain at all. <br />Judith Wegner: Are these FEMA only policies? <br />Glenn Bowles: This would be FEMA flood insurance. <br />Judith Wegner: Does that mean that people don't know about it. The woman at the hearing said that she had gotten <br />flood insurance and people told her not to. <br />Glenn Bowles: She has very unique situation. Her house has a walk out basement and during Fran she got a foot or <br />so of water in her walk out basement. The new flood plain map took her house out of the flood plain and one of the <br />statements in the revised flood standards states that just because you are not in a flood does not mean you will not get <br />flooded. <br />Judith Wegner: If she is no longer in the designated flood plain, is she unable to get flood insurance? <br />Glenn Bowles: That is not a true statement. <br />Judith Wegner: She is within the flood plain. <br />Glenn Bowles: Anyone can purchase flood insurance. <br />Judith Wegner: That is distinguished from our special flood hazard area? <br />65 <br />