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Existing <br /> 49 <br /> FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE <br /> ARTICLE 1. STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION,FINDINGS OF FACT,PURPOSE <br /> AND OB.TECTIVES <br /> 1.1 STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION <br /> The Legislature of the State of North Carolina has in Part 6 of Chapter 143 of the North <br /> Carolina General Statutes (G.S. Sections 143-215.51 et. seg.) "Floodway Regulation," <br /> delegated the responsibility to local governments to regulate the use of areas of special <br /> flood hazard consistent with the purposes therewith and for purposes which the State does <br /> not regulate either by permit or a formal approval system. Therefore, the Board of <br /> County Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina does ordain as follows: <br /> 1.2 FINDINGS OF FACTS <br /> (a) The flood hazard areas of Orange County are subject to periodic inundation which <br /> results in loss of life, property, health and safety, disruption of commerce and <br /> governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and <br /> relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public <br /> health, safety and general welfare. <br /> (b) These flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in flood <br /> plains causing increases in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy in <br /> flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to floods or hazardous to other lands which <br /> are inadequately elevated, flood-proofed, or otherwise protected from flood <br /> damage. <br /> 1.3 STATE OF PURPOSE <br /> It is the purpose of this ordinance to promote the public health, safety and general <br /> welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific <br /> areas by provisions designed to: <br /> (a) restrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health, safety and property due <br /> to water or erosion or due to flood heights or velocities; <br /> (b) require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, <br /> be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction; <br /> (c) control the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural <br /> protective barriers which are involved in the accommodation of flood waters; <br /> (d) control filling, grading, dredging and other development which may increase <br /> erosion or flood damage; and <br />