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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance REFERENCE: Article 2, Article 4 Section 4.3 & 4.5, Article 5 Section 5 .3 ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff, Planning Board, BOCC, Public, Other Federal Agency STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: _X` High, Middle, Low PUBLIC HEARING DATE: February 23, 1987 PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To bring the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance into compliance with recent revisions to the National Flood Insur- ance Program Floodplain Management Criteria. ISSUES/ IMPACTS: On August 25, 1986, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a final rule in the Federal Register which revises National Flood Insurance Program ( NFIP) floodplain management criteria. The final rule became effective on October 1 , 1986 . NFIP criteria require, as a condition for continued validity, that communities revise their floodplain management regulations to make them consistent with any revised NFIP regulation within six months of the effec- tive date of that revision. Orange County w ill have to amend its regulation to comply w ith the August 25, 1986 final rule no later than April 1 , 1987 . Topics affected by these revisions include: 1 . Manufactured homes ( formerly mobile homes) - definition changes, restrictions on location within flood prone area changes; 2. flood proofing of mechanical and utility equipment; 3. a change in the definition "start of construction";