Agenda - 12-04-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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25 1 5. Adopt the Statement of Consistency for proposed Zoning Atlas Amendment(s) 2 (Attachment 5), the Ordinance amending the Zoning Atlas (Attachment 6), the 3 Statement of Consistency for proposed UDO Text Amendment(s) (Attachment 7), 4 and Proposed UDO Text Amendment(s) (Attachment 8) as recommended by the 5 Planning Board and staff; 6 6. Defer a decision to a later BOCC regular meeting date; 7 7. Refer the item back to the Planning Board for a specific purpose; or 8 8. Deny the proposed amendments. (Note: Section 2.2.8 Effect of Denial on 9 Subsequent Applications of the UDO states that no application for the same or 10 similar amendment may be submitted for a period of one year. The one-year 11 period begins on the date of denial.) 12 13 Commissioner McKee asked Michael Harvey to detail the effect of not making the 14 deadline or denying the change. 15 Michael Harvey said if the deadline is missed, or the change denied, the County will be 16 suspended from the National Flood Insurance Program, which means local residents will not be 17 able to purchase flood insurance. 18 19 A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner Price to 20 open the public hearing. 21 22 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 23 24 PUBLIC COMMENT: 25 Bruce Lucas spoke about his land, and is need of help so that water will not stand on his 26 land. He said he is in a flood plain. 27 Commissioner McKee asked if this is a private road. 28 Bruce Lucas said yes, it was established in 1954. 29 Chair Dorosin asked if staff could provide some follow up to Mr. Lucas about his 30 situation. 31 Michael Harvey said he has spoken with Mr. Lucas, and a meeting can be set up to 32 discuss further. 33 June McWhorter said trees absorb a large amount of water, and cutting them down has 34 significant impact. She said the onus should be on the County to notify new landowners not to 35 cut trees within the buffer of streams/flood plains, and not leave it up to the realtors. 36 Bud Shelton said his farm has some river frontage. He said the changes in the maps 37 could impact him, and if he is required to buy flood insurance his property value may decrease. 38 He said the information sent out by the County was very wordy, and beyond his understanding. 39 He wants to make sure he is doing the right thing for his family and his property. 40 Michael Harvey suggested that Mr. Shelton come by his office to discuss this further. He 41 said the County cannot compel anyone to buy this insurance, but it is strongly suggestion. 42 Jack Pless said he lives in a flood plain, and did not receive any letters from the 43 Planning staff. He said he learned of the issue from a temporary road sign, which was very 44 difficult to read. He encouraged staff to revise the signage about this topic. 45 Franklin Garland said he did receive the notification, and assumes the included maps 46 are the ones that will be adopted. He said flood plains have been increased in District 1 with the 47 newly proposed maps. 48 Michael Harvey said the County has to go by the new maps. 49 Joyce Briggs said she received notification about her land being put in a flood zone, 50 which it never has been before. Her family has lived on her property for three generations, and 51 she is concerned that this will affect their property values. 52 Commissioner Rich asked if there is a process to contact new landowners about tree 53 cutting.