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

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134 331 area into open space. The County does not have an allocation for funds for hazard mitigation and federal aid is being 332 reduced and/or re-routed to municipalities majorly hit by flood events like hurricanes. 333 334 Tony Blake asked if the USDA could help in any way. 335 336 Michael Harvey responded that he does not think that the USDA has a program designed to help with flood 337 management issues. 338 339 Lydia Wegman said that the question comes back to FEMA having funding for local block grants and that they 340 unfortunately have a huge demand on their resources right now. 341 342 Michelle Dickson/Dixon said that she inherited her property from her husband, the late Mitchell Dickson/Dixon. Based 343 on the new maps, her property will no longer be in a floodplain. She wanted the Board to know that in 1998 there was 344 a permit granted to put a road in right through the identified floodplain. Unfortunately, even though there was a road 345 built, it was not built through the property and now Ms. Dickson is landlocked. She is concerned that the Planning and 346 Inspections Department has an inaccurate permit on file for the road, which was built around the floodplain, not 347 through the property as originally described when the permit was granted. Now the issue is that she cannot access 348 the property and the changing floodplain area does not help the long-standing problem. 349 350 Lydia Wegman asked if Michael Harvey or Craig Benedict would be able to address the speaker's concerns. She 351 said that the Planning Board would not be able to change the situation. 352 353 Michael Harvey said that the Planning Department has a flood development permitting process that allows for 354 development in a floodplain, roads being the biggest example (or utilities). If this type of development provides the 355 only viable legal access to someone's property, the department would not be able to prohibit that outright. Mr. Harvey 356 asked Ms. Dickson to make an appointment with him so that he can look into the matter more directly. 357 358 Tony Blake asked if it is possible for someone to be landlocked out of their property due floodplain. 359 360 Michael Harvey said that roadways are allowed to be developed in a floodplain, otherwise a property owner would be 361 landlocked and the land would lose value. 362 363 Tony Blake said that there would be different requirements for development a road. 364 365 Michael Harvey replied that the County and the state FEMA office would have certain requirements for this 366 development. There would have to be a "no rise" certification meaning that the development of the road would not 367 cause an increase in floodplain. 368 369 Lydia Wegman noted that in the case of Ms. Dickson, the floodplain decreased. 370 371 Michael Harvey said that he would need to look at the specifics of her case. 372 373 Michelle Dickson noted that the property still floods and that she would talk to Mr. Harvey about the issue further. 374 375 Lydia Wegman asked if there was anyone else who would like to speak on this matter. Hearing no one else, she 376 thanked members of the public. She then asked Mr. Harvey to remind her of the recommendation. 377 378 Michael Harvey repeated the recommendation (see motion below). 379 380 Tony Blake asked if the recommendations should be made in individual motions. 381 382 Michael Harvey suggested that the Board could approve the Planning Director's recommendation in total. 383 384 MOTION by Tony Blake to approve the Planning Director's recommendation in total - to approve the Statements of 385 Consistency for proposed Zoning Atlas Amendments in Attachment 3, the ordinance amending the zoning atlas in