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<br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-1 <br /> <br />ARTICLE 1: ADMINISTRATION <br />SECTION 1.1: GENERAL PROVISIONS <br />1.1.1 Title <br />The official title of this document is ‘Unified Development Ordinance of Orange County, North <br />Carolina’. For convenience, it shall be referred to throughout this document as ‘this Ordinance’, <br />‘the Ordinance’, ‘ the/this Unified Development Ordinance’ or ‘the/this UDO’. <br />1.1.2 Authority <br />This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the statutory authority provided in the North Carolina <br />General Statues (NCGS), specifically the provisions of: <br />(A) Chapter 153A, Article 18, <br />(B) Chapter 4, <br />(C) Chapter 160A, Article 19, <br />(D) Chapter 39, Article 5A, <br />(E) §47-30, and <br />(F) §143 214.5. <br />For the purpose of establishing comprehensive development regulations for designated portions <br />of Orange County and providing for administration, enforcement and amendment thereof in <br />accord with the aforementioned provisions. <br />1.1.3 Flood Damage Prevention Authority – Basis for Establishment <br />(A) The Legislature of the State of North Carolina has delegated authority to county <br />governments to adopt regulations to promote the public health, safety, and general <br />welfare of its citizenry in the following sections of the North Carolina General Statutes: <br />(1) Part 6, Article 21 of Chapter 143, <br />(2) Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Article 18 of Chapter 153A, and <br />(3) § 153A-121. <br />(B) The Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) are those identified under the Cooperating <br />Technical State (CTS) agreement between the State of North Carolina and FEMA in its <br />Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and associated Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) <br />panels, with an effective date of November 17, 2017October 19, 20181 for Orange <br />County including any digital data developed as part of the, which are adopted by <br />reference and declared a part of this ordinance. <br />Future revisions to the FIS and panels that do not change flood hazard data within the <br />jurisdictional authority of Orange County are also adopted by reference and declared a <br />part of this ordinance. Subsequent Letter of Map Revisions (LOMRs) and/or Physical <br />Map Revisions (PMRs) shall be adopted within 3 months. <br />For reference, previous SFHA data was produced under the CTS agreement between the <br />State of North Carolina and FEMA or FIS and its accompanying FIRMs for Orange <br />County dated: <br />(1) February 2, 2007, with incorporation of Letters of Map Amendments 07-04- <br />6156R, 08-04-2897A, 08-04-2898A, 08-04-2899A, and 08-04-2900A;, <br />(2) May 16, 2008, with incorporation of Letters of Map Revision 06-04-BQ22P, 06- <br /> <br />1 This change is being necessitated due to updates by FEMA in the FIRM for Orange County.  <br />7