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Article 1: Administration Section 1.10: Floodplain Administrator Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-17 (O) Boards of Education; Orange County and/or Chapel Hill-Carrboro. 1.9.4 Meetings The Planning Director is to convene and chair meetings of the Development Advisory Committee. The minutes of each meeting of the Committee are to be maintained as a separate document in the nature of a public record in the office of the Planning Director. Meetings shall not be open to the public. 1.9.5 Reports The Development Advisory Committee shall prepare its report on a proposed amendment, Special Use permit, rezoning, Conditional Districts, or subdivision on the basis of the petition, if any, and supporting documentation as well as any public plans, studies, or data for inclusion within the official review file of the given project. SECTION 1.10: FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR 1.10.1 Designation The Planning Director shall be referred to as the “Floodplain Administrator” when administering aspects of this Ordinance related to the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). The Floodplain Administrator shall hereby be appointed to administer and implement the provisions of this Ordinance relating to the development and enforcement of various provisions associated with: (A) Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay DistrictFlood damage prevention regulations, and (B) State and Federal regulations concerning floodplain development. 1.10.2 Duties and Responsibilities Duties of the Floodplain Administrator shall include, but not be limited to: (A) Review all floodplain development applications and issue permits for all proposed development within flood prone areasSFHA to ensure that the requirements of this Ordinance, as well as applicable state and federal regulations,5 have been satisfied. (B) Advise permittee that additional Federal or State permits (i.e., Wetlands, Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 6Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Riparian Buffers, Mining, Stormwater,7 etc.) may be required, and if specific Federal or State permits are known, require that copies of such permits be provided and maintained on file with the floodplain development permit. (C) Notify adjacent communities and the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, State Coordinator for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit evidence of such notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (D) Ensure that maintenance is provided within the altered or relocated portion of said watercourse so that the flood-carrying capacity is not diminished. (E) Prevent encroachments within floodways and non-encroachment areas unless the certification and flood hazard reduction provisions comply with this Ordinance. 5 There is language throughout the revised FEMA minimum model flood ordinance requiring local jurisdictions ensure applicable state and federal regulations are adhered to when processing a request for development within the SFHA. Staff is revising existing language to ensure this requirement is referenced in the duties of the County Floodplain Administrator. 6 The FEMA minimum model flood ordinance contains references to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Staff is revising existing language to ensure the reference is contained within the UDO as well. 7 Staff is recommending adding ‘stormwater’ to the list. 93