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006 <br />The adjustment of the County boundary line now brings these properties <br />into Orange County’s planning jurisdiction subjecting them to our regulatory <br />standards.Staff obviously took the necessary, and required, steps to notify <br />these property owners of the situation and explain the nuances of our local <br />floodplain management program. <br />As previously indicated, this atlas amendment is necessary to formalizethe <br />location of this overlay district due to the change in the Orange-Alamance <br />County Line consistent with current policy. <br />So property owners cannot do anything with this land in the floodplain? <br />o <br />STAFF COMMENT <br />:Current regulations prohibit development of residential <br />and non-residential structures within the SFHA Overlay District (see <br />Section(s) 6.6.1 (B) (1) and (2) of the UDO). While these areas could be <br />used for agricultural purposes, property owners are prohibited from <br />erecting structures within identified floodplain per current County policy. <br />Is it safe to say they probably could notdevelop in the floodplain because <br />o <br />they could not get a loan to build on it.In the last 11 years the river has <br />come up as much as 12 feet so there’s nothing anyone could do with it. <br />STAFF COMMENT <br />: The floodplain standards regarding mortgages is the <br />same in both counties – federally-backed mortgages cannot finance <br />development in the special flood hazard area. <br />There are two parcels owned by the same people. One has a house on it <br />o <br />and the other is undeveloped. The undeveloped parcel can be developed <br />but has a small area within which to construct improvements. <br />STAFF COMMENT <br />:Yes <br />b.Advisory Boards: <br />NNot applicable <br />c. Local Government Review: <br />Not applicable <br />d. Notice Requirements <br />The legal advertisement wasrun in local newspapers on May 16 and 23, 2012. <br />Required legal notifications weremailed to the ten (10) affected property owners <br />and the property owners within 500 feetof the affected properties on May 14, <br />2012. The three (3) sites wereposted ten (10) days prior to the public hearing on <br />May 18, 2012. <br />4 <br /> <br />