Agenda 8-m - Amendment Outline Form for UDO Text Amendments – Update of Effective Date of Flood Information Rate Maps (FIRM)

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Article 1: Administration Section 1.1: General Provisions Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-2 04-C141P, 07-04-6156R, and 08-04-1666P and Summary of Map Amendment #115-CWG (C) dated May 16, 2008and, (3) November 17, 2017 which with accompanying supporting data, including Letters of Map Amendment or Revision and Summary of Map Amendments, were adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this Ordinance as part of the Special Flood Hazard Area Overlay District, which was eliminated with the adoption of the aforementionedrevised FIS and DFIRMs with an effective date of November 17, 2017.2 1.1.4 Purpose and Intent (A) In order to protect and promote the health, safety and general welfare of the County and its residents, this Ordinance is hereby adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners. (B) The purpose of the regulations set out in this Ordinance shall be to accomplish compatible development of the land within Orange County in a manner which will best promote the health, safety, and general welfare, as well as to: (1) Provide for efficiency and economy in the process of development; (2) Make adequate provisions for traffic; (3) Secure safety from fire, panic, and other hazards; (4) Provide for light and air; (5) Prevent the overcrowding of land; (6) Avoid undue concentration of populations; (7) Facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; (8) Provide for the protection of the surface and underground water resources of the County; (9) Provide for efficient use of renewable and non-renewable sources of energy; (10) Promote desirable living conditions and the sustained stability of neighborhoods; (11) Protect property against blight and depreciation; and (12) For other purposes in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan for the County. (C) It is the further purpose that all material included herein by reference and all material used for the administration of this Ordinance, does not take any property, does not unduly restrict property rights or use, nor convert any of these to public use except by due process of law. (D) The Ordinance is further designed to provide for residential, commercial, and industrial growth in Orange County by the establishment of districts within which each type use can develop properly and profitably and not interfere with the use of land in adjacent parcels or districts. 1.1.5 Statement of Intent - Amendments For the purpose of establishing and maintaining sound, stable and desirable development within Orange County this Ordinance shall not be amended except to: (A) Correct a manifest error in the Ordinance, or 2 Staff is recommending modifying existing language in an attempt to make it more user friendly and easier to follow for the reader. 8