ORD-2017-026 Ordinance adopting a new Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) as produced by the State of NC and FEMA

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Article 10: Definitims Section 10.1: Definitions II divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites or other divisions fo he p• pose of sale or building development (whether immediate or future) and includes all divis.•n of land inv. ving the dedication of a new street or a change in existing streets. Subdi •sion, Exempt a) T - combination or recombination of portions of previously subdivided an. ecorded lots if the tota umber of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to o exceed the standards of the C. nty, including private road justification standards, as detailed hin this Ordinance. b) The divi-on of land into parcels greater than 10 acres if no street ri• t-of-way dedication is involved. c) The public a•.uisition by purchase of strips of land for widenin• or opening streets. d) The division o' - tract in single ownership of the entire area o which is no greater than two acres into not more th-• three lots, if no street right-of-way dedic•, ion is involved and if the resultant lots are equal to o -xceed the standards of the County . shown by its subdivision regulations. Subdivision, Major Any division of land that is not cla• ified as an Exempt or 'I inor subdivision. Subdivision, Minor A division of a tract of land that does no . a) Create more than five lots for con -ntio►-1 design options, or more than 12 lots for flexible development, including the residual :• eage, from any one tract of land in any 24 month period; b) Dedicate or improve any new publi st -et other than widening an existing public street; c) Extend public water and/or sanit- sew= age systems other than laterals to serve individual lots; d) Necessitate the installation of . ainage ims ovements which would require easements through one or more lots to serve of -r lots; and e) At the option of the applic- t, involve vesting o the subdivision for a period greater than one year. Substantial damage Damage of any origin su ained by a structure during any one y:ar period whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its befo•--damaged condition would equal or exce:d 50% of the market value of the structure before the ..mage occurred. See definition of"substantia .mprovement." Substantial damage also means flood-r•• ated damage sustained by a structure on two sep:rate occasions during a ten-year period for which e cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, •in the average, equals or exceeds 25% •f the market value of the structure before the damage occ ed. Substa' tial improvement Any co, bination of repairs, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other impro ement of a structure, taki • place during any one year period whereby the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market va e of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement. This term I'cludes structures, ich have incurred substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work performee. The term does not, however, include either: a) aAny correction of existing violations of State or Orange County health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the Orange County code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions, or b) aAny alteration of a historic structure provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure and the alteration is approved by a variance issued pursuant to this Ordinance.52 . : - A combination of footers, piers, ca.s .roperly installed, support the mobile h.'.- k --:- • . ay se installed as a cosmetic feature. 52 Language added to ensure consistency with the 2017 model flood ordinance as prepared by FEMA. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-57