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4 <br />NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A public hearing will be held in the Judge F. Gordon Battle Superior Courtroom of <br />the New Orange County Courthouse, 106 E. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, North <br />Carolina, on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at 7:30 PM for the purpose of giving all <br />interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the following item: <br />A. Amendment to the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance (FDPO) <br />Section 42-38 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances <br />BOCC adopted the original FDPO in March 1981, with amendments in <br />1995 and October 2005. As of February 2, 2007, new Flood Insurance <br />Rate Maps (FIRMs) that the FDPO references will become effective. They <br />will replace maps that have been in effect'since March 16, 1981. <br />On September 14, 2006, the State Attorney General issued an opinion <br />that flood damage prevention ordinances shall specifically reference the <br />date new FIRMs become effective. Thus, the need to amend the <br />ordinance arises. <br />Purpose: Section 42-38 of the existing FDPO states, "The Special Flood <br />Hazard Area are those identified by the FEMA ... and its accompanying <br />flood maps ... for Orange County dated March 16, 1981, which with <br />accompanying supporting data, and any revision thereto, ... are adopted <br />by reference and declared to be a part of this Ordinance." This section <br />must be amended by deleting the March 16, 1981 date and replacing it <br />with the new effective map date, February 2, 2007. <br />Publish: Chapel Hill Herald <br />News of Orange <br />Dates: January 10, 2007 <br />January 17, 2007