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Form Revised 09-29-16 <br /> <br />11. 6.6 Additional Standards for Overlay Districts – Special <br />Flood Hazard Area Overlay ; <br />12. 6.13 Stream Buffers ; <br />13. Article 7 Subdivisions ; <br />14. Article 8 Non-conformities ; <br />15. Article 9 Enforcement ; and <br />16. Article 10 Definitions <br /> <br /> Other: <br /> <br />B. RATIONALE <br />1. Purpose/Mission <br />In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.8 Zoning Atlas and Unified <br />Development Ordinance Amendments of the UDO, the Planning Director has <br />initiated text amendments to revise and update existing flood damage prevention <br />regulations as well as a zoning atlas amendment to eliminate the Special Flood <br />Hazard Area (SFHA) Overlay District. <br />The proposal involves updating existing standards to ensure consistency with the <br />new Federal minimum model flood damage prevention ordinance as well as adopting <br />new flood mapping data by reference in the UDO. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Analysis <br />As required under Section 2.8.5 of the UDO, the Planning Director is required to: <br />‘cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon that analysis, <br />prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of <br />County Commissioners’. <br />In 1968 Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to help <br />provide a means for property owners to financially protect themselves from the <br />possible damage of structures resulting from flood events. The program is intended <br />to supplement typical homeowner insurance policies, which do not cover damage to <br />structures resulting from a flood. The NFIP offers flood insurance in communities <br />that participate, specifically through the adoption and enforcement of regulations <br />designed to mitigate/reduce flood risk commonly referred to as flood damage <br />prevention regulations, in the program. <br />Part of the ‘regulations’ local communities are required to adopt are Flood Insurance <br />Rate Maps (FIRM) denoting areas susceptible to flooding. Participating communities <br />use these maps to verify the anticipated ‘elevation’ of flood waters during a storm <br />event and work with property owners to ensure structures are not located in areas <br />where flooding is a possibility. FIRM maps are modified over time to reflect changes, <br />both increases and decreases, in anticipated flood levels. Participating communities <br />are required to adopt these new maps once they are certified to continue to be <br />eligible for participation in the NFIP. <br />Orange County has been a member of the NFIP since approximately 1976. <br /> 22