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36 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />CnntP e! ®' <br />Administrative Division �� ' °P 306F Revere Road <br />(919) 245 -2575 Hillsborough, <br />(919) 644 -3002 (FAX) North Carolina, 27278 <br />s <br />�o<<b CRt`c <br />I,/' W��l <br />To: Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />Robert Davis, Current Planning Supervisor <br />Ren Ivins, Erosion Control Supervisor <br />From: Glenn Bowles, Planner H <br />Date: May 10, 2005 <br />Subject: Structures in Mapped Flood -Prone Areas <br />With the recent attachment of Neuse and Cape Fear River Basins flood -prone area map <br />coverages into the Orange County Planning GIS database, staff is able to access new floodplain <br />data with our existing GIS parcel and building overlays. The new floodplain data removed some <br />67 structures in Neuse Basin stream and added 30 other structures, which previously were not <br />within mapped floodplain areas. The table below summarizes the type of structure and <br />construction date, if known. <br />Of the 86 structures in floodplain areas, 45 are houses or manufactured homes, and 41 are <br />garages, barns, stables, or other outbuildings. The 86 structures represent about 2% if all Orange <br />County parcels containing flood prone areas. Of the 45 residences, 34 were built before 1981, <br />the date the county's flood damage ordinance was first adopted. Three residences have located in <br />floodplain areas since 1994, the date of the county's initial stream buffer ordinance adoption. <br />New floodplain mapping includes 14 houses, which were not mapped in 1981. For flood <br />insurance purposes, these residences will be placed in a special category. Only four structures <br />are located wholely or partially within floodways, two are residences built before 1973 and one <br />is a state -owned building. <br />Public N u,�itlps,. hal 23 <br />