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Z-23_U `~' <br />~'l~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 23, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C~ 1 _ <br />SUBJECT: Subdivision Regulations, Zoning Ordinance, and Atlas Amendments to create a <br />new Zoning Ordinance Overlay District and incorporate flood protection standards. <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange County Planning <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. November 7, 2008 NC Emergency <br />Management letter <br />2. Checklist attachment tv NCEM letter <br />3. November 12, 2008 letter to Ken <br />Ashe <br />4. Update of County floodplain activities <br />5. Amendments to the Zoning Ord. & <br />Subdivision Regulations <br />6. Proposed Zoning Atlas Amendments <br />7. Notification letters and Certification of <br />Mailing <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Director 245-2592 <br />Glenn Bowles, Planner 11 245-2577 <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comments on proposed amendments to the Subdivision <br />Regulations, Zoning Ordinance, and Zoning Atlas to create a new Zoning Ordinance Overlay <br />District from the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and to incorporate flood protection <br />standards of the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance (FDPO) standards into the text of both <br />regulations. <br />BACKGROUND: Responding to the Community Assistance Visit of August 21 and 22, 2008, <br />the County received a November 7, 2008 letter from Mr. Ken Ashe, of the North Carolina <br />Emergency Management Division, outlining necessary revisions to the Flood Damage <br />Prevention Ordinance. A checklist was attached to the November 7~' letter (See Attachments <br />1 and 2 for the letter and checklist.). The County responded to Mr. Ashe's letter on November <br />12~' and requested a time extension to adequately schedule for .inclusion of the amendments <br />at the next available Quarterly Public Hearing (February 23, 2009). <br />The changes proposed do not amend the adopted February 2, 2007 flood insurance rate maps <br />(FIRMs), except for the FEMA-approved revisions since then. <br />In coordination with the amendments to the FDPO, the County Attorney recommended that the <br />required amendments to the FDPO and the amended FDPO be incorporated into the Zoning <br />Ordinance as text amendments and a new Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District, which <br />would be delineated on the Zoning Atlas. <br />