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SUMMARY NOTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 2 AUGUST 1, 2018 3 ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE 4 5 NOTE: A QUORUM IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 6 7 MEMBERS PRESENT: Randy Marshall (Vice-Chair), Bingham Township Representative; Kim Piracci, At-Large; Randy 8 Marshall, At-Large; Adam Beeman, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Carrie Fletcher, Bingham Township 9 Representative; Patricia Roberts, Cheeks Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; 10 David Blankfard, Hillsborough Township Representative; Alexander Gregory, Chapel Hill Township Representative; 11 Lydia Wegman (Chair), At-Large Chapel Hill Township Representative; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township 12 Representative; 13 14 MEMBERS ABSENT: Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; Hunter Spitzer, At-Large; 15 16 STAFF PRESENT: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Meredith Kern, Administrative Assistant II 17 18 AGENDA ITEM 1: Call to Order and Roll Call 19 Planning Board Chair Lydia Wegman called the meeting to order at 7:21 p.m. 20 21 AGENDA ITEM 2: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS – FEMA FLOOD MAPS - To 22 review and discuss proposed amendments to the UDO regarding FEMA flood maps. 23 PRESENTER: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor 24 Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor, reviewed that in 2017 the county mailed out over 10,000 letters to 25 property owners and 20,000 cards to adjacent property owner because county staff had been tasked with revising 26 flood insurance maps. It is the county’s responsibility to enforce flood damage prevention regulation and also to use 27 the best available flood data. The county and any participant of the National Flood Insurance Program gets 28 Community Rating System points for being more restrictive than the model and doing everything properly. Orange 29 County has a rating of 6, with 10 being a rating for a community that is new to the program and 1 being exceptionally 30 rare, Michael Harvey explained. 31 32 Michael Harvey reviewed that last year the county took flood map data and turned it into an overlay district, under the 33 advise of the county attorney at the time. Staff wasn’t comfortable with the overlay district. The county’s new attorney 34 is not comfortable with it. So, there is no longer an ordinance for the overlay district but the county still has the data. 35 The advertising of the flood map changes last year cost the county $25,000. 36 37 FEMA informed the county two months ago that it has tweaked the maps. No property owner in this county has a 38 marked change in the portion of the property in the flood plain but the dates have changed. Everywhere in the 39 ordinance that states Nov. 17, 2017, now needs to state Oct. 19, 2018. 40 41 Michael Harvey explained that the county does not need to hold a public hearing on the maps or mail out thousands 42 of notifications. The county does have to adopt the text amendment by Oct. 19 or be suspended from the flood 43 program. 44 45 David Blankfard asked if one article could be added to the ordinance to note the new effective date. Michael Harvey 46 answered that this is a possibility but the planning department erred on the side of being verbose until the legal 47 review is complete and a determination has been made whether to change the date throughout or add an article with 48 the new date. 49 50 10