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67 <br />5. Correcting definitions and references in the Subdivision to reflect FDPOterminology. <br />From time to time FEMA and its cooperating Technical State partner, the State of North Carolina Division of <br />Emergency Management approve Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA), Letters o ' f Map Revision (LOMR), and <br />Summaries of Map Action (SOMA). Since the adoption of the new FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), <br />which became effective on February 2, 2007, FEMA has approved five (5) LOMAs, four (4) LOMR, and one (1) <br />Summary of Map Amendment The primary objection FEMA voiced to the Orange County FDPO was that these <br />corrections to the FIRM were not specifically listed in the ordinance. <br />A LOMR alters the base flood elevation of the floodplain . and the underlying Flood Insurance Study, by lowering or <br />raising the elevation. It is required for any stream crossing or dam removal involving 6 mapped special flood hazard <br />area (floodplain). LOMRs physically and legally alter FEMA FIRMs. The applicant must notify all surrounding property <br />owners by mail and perform deWi ad hydrologic and hydraulic analyses to . document the alterations. <br />A LOMA is an acknowledgement by FEMA that the mapped floodplain does not reflect the true base flood elevation, as <br />applied to a specific hou . se or accessary building. They are applied for whena property owner believes his or her <br />house, garage, bam, or other structure is inappropriately mapped within* a floodplain. An elevation certificate is <br />required to verify the owner's assertions. One of the results of the 2007 BOCC-funding floodplain surveying program is <br />that four property owners were able to receive LOMR approvals that effectively removed their houses from a mapped <br />floodplain. The FIRM and the underlying Flood Insurance Study does not change, but the flood insurance status for <br />the house or accessory structure does. In the case of the Cates Creek Parkway FIRM, before the engineer could <br />deterrnine the correct hydrology and stream hydraulics for the new strearn crossing, the flood mapping data had to be <br />corrected. <br />Keeping all FBNA Flood Insurance Rate Maps updated and —current –important <br />maintenance and public <br />information task, Orange County i interested in the latest SOMA only because the FEMA FIRM panel letter suffix. has <br />uftheF|�Npom�niU�n�oUou��uzonnQjuhodk�on. <br />changedandU�eo�adoU���po�on � <br />For informational � 000nn draft F|nodploh Development Permit form io included os Attachment G. <br />Attachment 7lists ' all the sections of the existing FDPO and the proposed locations of each section in the amended <br />Zoning Ordinance. <br />Summary oY the February 23,2VD8 Quarterly Public Hearing: <br />of noodzoning mdinoncoamondmonb�BOCCmembem asked �nae <br />/#�rob�'pmoembmdaoummery the <br />mwcom�eCouN�mdoxom�bonofideagricultural ope��nno�nmthu8onddomognpnmenUon <br />'' '' regulations when they nepmtc��o2bn�gOn�nomme� <br />/�gv/ " "'' ~ structures in � How mN|menu»conmxmwissue affect existing � <br />3. Would u clearer notice wording have been possible? <br />� oummohzedon�Nov�' <br />Saver�dUzeno�m�the Lake O�ngemdohborhoodspoke, Th�rmmoamome . <br />neighborhood <br />� <br />Moving the Flood Damage p mven UonOrdn�` omoe|nhztholuningOndinannowouldmdboin the <br />bo�1n��� <br />property owners should oevoodbmQ- <br />w A�oK�mo�in��o�U . <br />parties bu�noand800d��no <br />' o�nd�Q|m om8hotnnud|wdudodo�son&e lake, o�aem . . <br />-- should theonn�oo��doh�ofownamunLokaDomQu. <br />� <br />The County honor ~ <br />� <br />Proposed text amendments were not available to the public. <br />m <br />Concern over the accuracy of base flood elevations supporting the floodplain contours: <br />Othecitizencomments included: �d�e�mn����0momn�Y»�o�����o�� <br />• Oonoem���e2UO7nadm�mop��uUeU property ' _� <br />• Problems with o culvert because upstream orsouHv. <br />