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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 23, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _8- c" _ <br />SUBJECT: Amendment to the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) CY? <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance Text <br />Revisions <br />January 23, 2007 Public Hearing <br />Advertisement <br />December 7, 2006 letter from William R. <br />Blanton, Jr. (FEMA) <br />September 14, 2005 Letter from Assistant <br />. Attorney General <br />December 12, 2006 County Attorney <br />Letter <br />Overlay of 2007 FIRM and 1981 FIRM <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Director, 245 2592 <br />Glenn Bowles, CFM 245 2577 <br />PURPOSE: To:, <br />1. Hold a Public hearing, <br />2. Close the Public Hearing, <br />3. Consider an amendment to the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance (FDPO), and <br />4. Authorize staff to initiate the Zoning Ordinance amendment process to incorporate the <br />Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) into the Zoning Ordinance as a new overlay district <br />and to incorporate the FDPO into the Zoning Ordinance by reference. <br />BACKGROUND: The proposed amendment to the County's FDPO is a Federally mandated <br />change and is necessary in order to incorporate the newly revised Flood Insurance Rate Study <br />and FIRM for Orange County into the FDPO. The September 14, 2005 letter from Cheryl A. <br />Perry and the December 12, 2006 letter from the County Attorney's office both state that the <br />FDPO must specifically reference the effective date of the new FIRM. Further, staff to the North <br />Carolina Floodplain Management Branch of the Division of Emergency Management has <br />requested that Orange County revise its FDPO to specifically cite the effective date of the new <br />FIRM after holding a public hearing on the proposed amendment. <br />The proposed date change amendment to the FDPO will meet the technical requirements <br />requested by FEMA and the State Floodplain Mapping Program. Orange County must adopt a <br />revised FDPO that specifically references the February new FIRM prior to February 2, 2007 in <br />order to remain eligible to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. <br />Planning Staff also requests that the BOCC authorize staff to initiate the Zoning Ordinance <br />amendment process to incorporate the FIRM into the Zoning Ordinance as a new overlay district