ORD-2005-024 - Orange County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance Amendments

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05/12/2005 20 e. Certification Exemptions. The following structures, if located within Zone A, AO, AE or Al -30, are exempt from the elevation/flood proofing certification requirements specified in items a. and b. above: i. Recreational vehicles meeting requirements of Section 4- 92(4); ii. Temporary structures meeting requirements of Section 42- 92(6); and iii. Accessory Structures with any dimension that is twelve feet or greater in height, width, or depth, meeting requirements of Section 42- 92(7). (Ord. of 8 -28 -1995, § 4.2, eff. 8 -28 -1995) Sec. 42 -69. Duties and responsibilities of the floodplain loeal administrator. Duties of the Floodplain Administrator shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Review all floodplain development applications and issue permits for all proposed development within flood prone areas to ensure that the requirements of this Ordinance have been satisfied. 2. Advise permittee that additional Federal or State permits (i.e., Wetlands, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Riparian Buffers, Mining, etc.) may be required, and if specific Federal or State permits are known, require that copies of such permits be provided and maintained on file with the floodplain development permit. 3. Notify adjacent communities and the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, State Coordinator for the NF1P prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of such notification to the Federal E,..,er -ge ey Management Age .. FEMA. 4. Ensure that maintenance is provided within the altered or relocated portion of said watercourse so that the flood - carrying capacity is not diminished. 5. Prevent encroachments within floodways and non - encroachment areas unless the certification and flood hazard reduction provisions comply with Section 42 -93. 6. Obtain actual elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of the moor reference level (including basement) of all attendant utilities of all new or substantially improved structures, according to Section 42- 68(3). 7. Obtain the actual elevation (in relation to mean sea level) to which the new or substantially improved structures and all utilities have been flood proofed, according to Section 42- 68(3). 8. Obtain actual elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of all public utilities, according to Section 42- 68(3). it: <..nii: ° ae:::,,...' :a> sin:: %3!c f,i;t i. '..iJ: ?:, . 4, ..0 iisa:ir :: - . '•.i tcx, ?,:, see f!'x _iikazard.11u.t. x.