Agenda - 11-14-2017 - D.2 - Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and Zoning Atlas Amendments

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133 276 Michael Harvey said yes, the County enforces a buffer measured from the edge of the Special Flood Hazard Area, 277 and if there are increases in the floodplain on one's property,then this buffer has also increased. 278 279 Tony Blake said that the same logic applies here-enforcement action will not being taken immediately. 280 281 Michael Harvey agreed and said that if there is development that was already in existence, the structure was legal at 282 the time of development. The fact that there was a change to the ordinance regarding floodplain would not be cause 283 for Staff to cite a property owner for violating the floodplain buffer requirements. 284 285 Lydia Wegman said that all existing development is "grandfathered-in" (or still considered legal) but future 286 development may be affected as far as where it could go on the property. 287 288 Mike Efland followed-up on his question and asked if the footage off of the floodplain would change. He noted where 289 the buffer was shown on the map he received. 290 291 Michael Harvey reiterated that if the floodplain on Mr. Efland's property is increasing, the buffer will also be 292 increased, based buffer requirements in the UDO. Mr. Harvey said that the map shows the size of the buffer which is 293 based on the slope of property going into the floodplain. 294 295 Lydia Wegman asked if the slope determines the setback on the property from the floodplain. 296 297 Michael Harvey corrected setback to the floodplain buffer. 298 299 Tony Blake said that the setback requirements referenced in the UDO are defined from the new floodplain buffer line. 300 301 Michael Harvey agreed with this statement. 302 303 Lydia Wegman said that the existing UDO buffer requirements remain in effect. 304 305 Michael Harvey reiterated that the floodplain buffer requirements are not changing. 306 307 Lydia Wegman asked Mr. Efland if that answered his question. 308 309 Mike Efland replied that it did. 310 311 Ed Johnson who lives off Buckhorn Road close to a creek questioned the fine-grain accuracy of floodplain maps. He 312 talked to Michael Harvey before the meeting about the positioning of his house within the floodplain. His house is 313 built on a flat slab but he said that the floodplain map shows his house half-in/half-out of the floodplain. He thinks this 314 is logically impossible. He wondered about the accuracy of the map and whether he is stuck with what is on the map 315 or if it can be nullified by the Board. 316 317 Michael Harvey recommended that Mr. Johnson petition FEMA by writing a letter to request a map change. 318 319 Lydia Wegman asked if this information helped answer his question and recommended that he reach out to FEMA 320 and talk with Mr. Harvey about his concerns further. 321 322 Ron Spada, who lives on McKee School Road off of highway 57, said that his property is affected by increased 323 floodplain. He asked if there are programs for property owners to mitigate floodplain and erosion issues. The Little 324 River is behind his property. Is there anything that the state or County would help with, like with a retaining wall, for 325 example, to slow things down. 326 327 Michael Harvey responded that there are hazard mitigation block grants available on the federal level that can 328 provide assistance for retrofitting. These grants are competitive and the County has to apply for them. Ten years ago, 329 the County applied for and received this grant and used it for elevation certificates for 70 homes during the last flood 330 maps review. Additionally, grants have been used to purchase people's homes that were in floodplains and turn the