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osnzizoos <br />®RDZNANCE T® PusLlc xF.AxING <br />2005 <br />Sold = New Language <br />S~etlxetrgk = Proposed Deleted Language <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COUNTY <br />FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE, <br />DIVISION 1. GENERALLY <br />Sec. 42-.31 Statutory authorization. <br />The Legislature of the State of North Carolina has in Part 6, Article 21 of Chapter 143; Parts 3 <br />and 4 of Article 18 of Chapter 15.3A; and Part 121, Article 6 of Chapter 153A of the North Carolina <br />General Statutes, delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to adopt regulations designed <br />to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry. Therefore, the Board of <br />Commissioners of Orange County, North Cazolina, does ordain as follows: <br />(Ord. of 8-28-1995, § 1.1, eff. 8-28-1995) <br />Sec. 42-32 Findings of fact. <br />a) The flood 1}a~ard prone areas within the jurisdiction of the Orange County are subject to <br />periodic inundation, which results in loss of life, property, health and safety hazards, <br />disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures of <br />flood protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the <br />public health, safety, and general welfare. <br />b) These flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in floodplains causing <br />increases in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy in flood hazz~trd prone areas <br />by uses vulnerable to floods or hazazdees to other lands, which are inadequately elevated, <br />flood proofed, or otherwise unprotected from flood damages. <br />(Ord. of 8-28-1995, § I.1, eff. 8-28-1995) <br />Sec. 42-.3.3 Statement of purpose. <br />It is the purpose of this uric-le Ordinance to promote public health, safety, and general <br />welfare uid to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions irrspeEr€re within flood prone <br />areas by provisions designed to: <br />a. Restrict or prohibit uses, which are dangerous to health, safety, and property due to water or <br />erosion hazards, or which result in damaging increases in erosion, flood heights or velocities; <br />t Apr. h^~ininior. fT ~ i l~!i ~ , I in oleo -. ., I .~'iu p ear f r;nl0ai .. iw J~e <br />