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AGENDA ITEM: Cl <br /> QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> Review of a proposal to incorporate the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance <br /> into the existing Zoning Ordinance and onto the Official Zoning Atlas <br /> Why are we doing this? <br /> The County has been informed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) <br /> and the State Office of Emergency Management that in order to continue participating within the <br /> National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) we had to revise the process utilized to review and <br /> process flood regulations and map amendments to be consistent with current Statutory <br /> requirements for zoning ordinance and atlas amendments. <br /> What is being proposed: <br /> Existing regulations, currently within the stand alone Flood Damage Prevention <br /> Ordinance, are being placed within the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> How are we doing this? <br /> Staff proposes to create a new Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) Zoning Overlay <br /> District incorporating existing flood regulations within the Zoning Ordinance and incorporating <br /> Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) data onto the Zoning Atlas. <br /> What is being proposed (continued): <br /> •Processing/approval of map amendments to existing FIRM data that have already been <br /> reviewed and approved by State and Federal officials, and <br /> •Revise existing subdivision regulations to reference the new location of flood <br /> regulations/definitions. <br /> Implications of proposed change: <br /> • No change to property owners <br /> • The proposed relocation of flood regulations will not have an impact on a property <br /> owner's ability to make use of their property outside of the floodplain. Existing regulations will <br /> still be in effect for any portion of a parcel of property located within an identified floodplain. <br /> • The only positive impact is related to the review and processing of Letters of Map <br /> Amendment (LOMA) and Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) <br /> Parcels Notified of proposal (map) <br /> History: <br /> *Orange County began participating within the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in <br /> 1981 <br /> •The County adopted a standalone Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance (FDPO) along with <br /> Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) <br /> *Approximately twenty four hundred (2400) properties within the County's planning jurisdiction <br /> are subject to compliance with flood regulations <br />