ORD-2005-127 - Revisions to the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance

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4 7. All parcels with structures located.within flood prone areas now have a notice on them within the Building Inspection permit system, so that no improvements or additions are allowed unless flood and the builder provides first floor elevation data. 8. Both the Planning Department and County libraries have books, pamphlets, and brochures on the NFIP and flood proofing buildings. To continue with the CRS process, the FEMA representative requested that the county forward a draft copy of the proposed revisions to the present flood damage prevention ordinance, administrative procedures to process building permits, which involve structures in or very near floodplain areas, and a listing of residences built in floodplain areas since 1981. COMMENTS FROM MAY 2004 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING: 1. On page 27, what are petroleum products? How about plastics which are derived from petroleum and shouldn't we include PCBs? Should we differentiate between recycled and treated wood? Section 42 -91 General Standards 12. is revised to include not only PCBs and delete any petroleum product, but also add to "Gasoline" "and other petroleum products" and also list Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), and "any priority pollutants listed in Table 1 of Section 307 of the Clean Water Act (PL 92 -500), as amended. 2. Does the State allow development in the floodplain? Are we precluded from banning any new construction in the floodplain? No, Orange County is not precluded from banning new construction in Special Flood Hazard Areas. Section 42 -92 Special Standards; Subsection 1 is revised to state, "New Construction within the SFHA shall be prohibited. Substantial improvement of any existing residential structure ... ". Subsection 2 is revised to state, "New Construction within the SFHA shall be prohibited. Substantial improvement of any existing commercial, industrial, or other non - residential structure ... ". 3. How would the New Farmers' Market on County Property in Hillsborough be affected? The proposed pavilion is not an enclosed structure. Therefore, it could be built within a flood - prone area so long as all electrical service and water and sewer facilities are elevated two feet above the base flood elevation (509' msl). 4. On page 5, what does the term "common usage" -mean? It is generally accepted legal wording used to say that any term or phase in the ordinance, which are not defined, would be given their common usage definition in the interpretation of the regulations. 5. We need to prohibit compounds being stored in the floodplain and place any outright prohibition of new uses. See items #1 and #2 above. 6. Is there a difference between the terms "floodplain" and "flood prone ?" Are the two interchangeable? The terms floodplain, flood fringe, and 100 -year flood should be given definitions and illustrations for better understanding. Staff has added a definition for flood fringe and the definitions of floodplain and has expanded the 100 -year flood definition.