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22 <br /> 1 Michael Harvey said the BOCC has that option, but staff cannot accommodate bringing it <br /> 2 back in December if it goes back to the Planning Board. <br /> 3 Chair Dorosin said this item might need to come back in January, in which case the <br /> 4 Planning Board could weigh in on that which was discussed today. <br /> 5 Commissioner McKee reminded the BOCC that it does not meet until the very end of <br /> 6 January. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to refer <br /> 9 this item back to the Planning Board for discussion at its December regular meeting, so that <br /> 10 staff, the Applicant and the Planning Board can finesse the conditions that have been <br /> 11 discussed; with the public hearing to be adjourned to the BOCC regular meeting on January 23, <br /> 12 2018. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Chair Dorosin thanked the public and colleagues from Hillsborough for attending, and <br /> 15 said all are acting in good faith and the BOCC will take all comments into account. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 18 <br /> 19 <br /> 20 2. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendments and Zoning Atlas <br /> 21 Amendments -To review government-initiated amendments to the text of the UDO <br /> 22 pertaining to flood regulations and to remove the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) <br /> 23 from the Zoning Atlas. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 BACKGROUND: <br /> 26 Orange County has been a member of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) since <br /> 27 approximately 1976. The NFIP offers flood insurance to homeowners, renters, and business <br /> 28 owners if their community participates, specifically through the adoption and enforcement of <br /> 29 regulations designed to mitigate/reduce flood risk, in the program including adoption of flood <br /> 30 maps denoting areas where flooding is a possibility. For more background information please <br /> 31 refer to Attachment 1. 117 Recent changes by the State and Federal government in flood <br /> 32 damage prevention standards, including development of new flood maps, require the County to <br /> 33 modify existing regulation(s) in order to continue to be eligible for participation within the NFIP. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 On direction from the County's Attorney in 2007, staff incorporated available flood mapping data <br /> 36 directly onto the County Zoning Atlas creating the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) overlay <br /> 37 district. As there are modifications/updates to FEMA flood map data, the County is required to <br /> 38 initiate a Zoning Atlas amendment incorporating same. This requires the holding and advertising <br /> 39 of both a Planning Board meeting and a BOCC public hearing where the maps amendment(s) <br /> 40 are being reviewed (i.e. notification of impacted property owners, notification of property owners <br /> 41 within 1,000 ft. of the zoning change, posting of impacted properties with signs advertising the <br /> 42 meetings, and legal advertisements). Depending on the scope and timing of FEMA map <br /> 43 change(s) there may be significant and unplanned budgetary impacts, as well as significant time <br /> 44 commitments, to incorporate said modifications. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 In consultation with current Attorney's staff, Planning staff is recommending the elimination of <br /> 47 the SFHA overlay district and adoption of the flood maps by reference in the UDO. As there are <br /> 48 future changes/updates in flood mapping data, staff would complete a UDO text amendment <br /> 49 incorporating reference to this new data, but would not have to complete a corresponding <br /> 50 zoning atlas amendment. The move would reduce required budgetary outlays to cover <br /> 51 notification of an atlas amendment to affected, and adjacent (i.e. those within 1,000 ft.), property <br /> 52 owners. <br /> 53 <br />