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36 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />~o~we or p`e <br />Administrative Division ~` ; _ 306E Revere Road <br />(919) 245-2575 ~r ° Hillsborough, <br />(919) 644-3002 (FAx) ~° North Carolina, 27278 <br />~'~rb esvoP^ <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />Robert Davis, Current Planning Supervisor <br />Ren Ivins, Erosion Control Supervisor <br />From: Glenn Bowles, Planner II <br />Date: May 10, 2005 <br />Subject: Structures in Mapped Flood-Prone Areas <br />With the recent attachrnent of Neuse and Cape Feaz River Basins flood-prone area map <br />coverages into the Orange County Planning GI5 database, staff is able to access new floodplain <br />data with our existing GIS parcel and building overlays, The new floodplain data removed some <br />67 structures in Neuse Basin stream and added 30 other structures, which previously were not <br />within mapped floodplain azeas, The table below summarizes the type of structure and <br />construction date, iflmown. <br />Of the 86 structures in floodplain areas, 45 are houses or manufactured homes, and 41 are <br />gazages, barns, stables, or other outbuildings. The 86 structures represent about 2% if all Orange <br />County parcels containing flood prone areas. Of the 45 residences, 34 were built before 1981, <br />the date the county's flood damage ordinance was first adopted. Three residences have located in <br />floodplain areas sihce 1994, the date of the county's initial stream buffer ordinance adoption. <br />New floodplain mapping includes 14 houses, which were not mapped in 1981, For flood <br />insurance purposes, these residences will be placed in a special category. Only four structures <br />are located wholely or partially within floodways, two are residences built before 1973 and one <br />is a state-owned building, <br />!~i~~ ._, ~I'lai v L f:iaa ai ~.1'li!ILC m rvi ~)7a'I, ~ i,~rh.,ue~io ,mti nwm~: J+x <br />