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1L/ae/4V V9 YVeL .tor V. read Page 7 of 8 The ALC. Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance Provides far the autom~ adoption of revisions m-such ordinance without airy farther legislative salon by the appropriate city courxii and tIu board of county cornnnissioners. It iacootporutes furore changes irr NF1P iloodptain management cxiteda. It specifies than malra "ss amended" "aad arty revision llr~o° ar+e automatically adopted by the Ordinance without an aomeadtnerrt of the ordinance, Adoption of new FEi1rtA nubs may impact lrazends mapping and zones Property maybe `~rortod" if the local govecrmnerit adopts or an~rds ~ ordinance that limits or pmohibfts land uses that previously were alIoived in the a~icctod zone. Art a~inance tltat.prnposts to ~orar property requires certain notice to the afTected Latrdowaers. A zoning ardinancx that incorposatos by reference aU future amendmerds br mrsdificatiarrg of flood inaruama maps and subsequent revisions is an unlawful delegation of legislative authority. ' To incorporate future changes W an ordinance wt7l unlawfitliy delegate to another body, pemon or entity such-as 1<F.MA the power to changethe. ~r~ance. which is a power that should he raser_ ved to the city coUncr'i or Ure baa~t~d afcoarity . commissioners. ~ - - State lave at bLC.G S. §143 215:Sb(g} provides that once FEMA appravea the floodplaia map for the NI'7P; tlretr, earJr•tocal goverrrmer~t affected by the' f loodplain meat incorporate the ~reviscd map €rrto its IIooeplaitr ordinance. State Iaw at N.GG.5: §IS3A-47. and N.C.G.S. §160A- 7G(#i) provide that a city or county may adopt in err ot~ce regtilatiaais promnlgated.by a public agency_ These statutes, N.C.G.S. §1S3A-47 and §ISOA 76(b), soexn to pextnit a county or ccitty to adopt ilre federal regulations prrirnulgated.by a public agency, FEMA. Spexificstlly, these $tatubes, I~I_C_G.S. §153A-47 sad §164A 76(b}; saint to pEnnit a county ar city to adapt FIIMA's rules, iuchrdtng but may not Ue linnted to, 44 C.FR. Parts S9 arid 6S, &fr the rna of spetdal flood hazard areas. Thy stad~rtcs seem to suggest that the city or county may adopt in its ordinance FEVIA's ~egutatoirs tier mapping specis~t flood hazardareas: It is naclear whether • these statutes; N.C.G.S. §IS3A-47 and §160A-76(b). permit a ccitty or catuity tai incorporatB FEMA's future rules a~ future amendrrrents fiat mapping special flood hazard areas. State law at N.C,G.S. § 160A 384, § 153A 343 and § 1 S3A 344 outline specific procedures for aarrerzding zorruag ardinancxs for cities, fawns at'rd conpties, respectively; i~clrtdirrg birt may not be limited to, providing notice. to attain landowners and a public liearitrg. Adoption of aureadments to the Flood Insurance Study ar the Flood Insyacarrce Ylaps for as area under thG Local jirrisdictian must bu lane irr accordance with the statutory procedures at Id:+C.G.S. §.I60A 384, § 1 S3A-343 and § I53A 344. "aVhile N C.G.3- g§ L 53A-4 and 16QA-4 mandate that giants of authority td local govermnenEs be broadly interpreted, zoning authority carunot be ezercrsai is a manner corrtraty to the express provisions of the zoning enabling authority:' In County of Lancaster v. Mecklerrbuta Conrrrt~-. 334 N.C. 496, 434 S,E.2d~b04 (1993). It is settled law in North Carolina say zoning ordinance must be amended in accordance with stale htov. "[A] zoning ordinarrcx or an arnendmccit thereto which is not adopted in aocoradance with the enabl'mg statutes is invalid and ineffiect~ive." Sellers v. CitY,af Ashe:villc_ 33 Ai,C. APP. 544, 236.S.E2d 283 (] 977). It bas bcen held that in addition to complying with the state statutory requireiuast, local' zoning arithvrity mtist comply with all requzluoanerrts of its own local zoning ordinance before ~- 90