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AGENDA ITEM: C1 <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 (SERA) 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 />•Revie 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 (COMA) 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 />