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See items #1 and #2 above. <br />6. Is there a difference between the terms "floodplain" and "flood prone?" Are the <br />two interchangeable? The terms floodplain, flood fringe, and 100-year flood <br />should be given definitions and illustrations for better understanding. <br />Staff has added a definition for flood fringe and the definitions of floodplain and has <br />expanded the 100-year flood definition, <br />MAY 23, 2005 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />At the hearing, the BOCC referred the proposed ordinance to the Planning Board far review and <br />comment. The Planning Staff provided the Planning Board with a copy of the proposed <br />ordinance at their regular meeting of July 13. At the regular Planning Board meeting of August <br />3, 2005, the Planning Board reviewed the proposed ordinance, made several suggested <br />revisions, which Staff has incorporated into the ordinance, and voted unanimously far adoption <br />with designated changes as follows: <br />1. Sec. 42-32 (b) wording changes, <br />2. Sec. 42-33 moved forward and bolded for emphasis, <br />3, Accessory Building definition -added additional examples, <br />4, Areas of Shallow Flooding -differentiate between the AO and AH zones, <br />5, Floodplain definition -provide better differentiation between the various "flood" terms, <br />6. Post-FIRM /Pre-FIRM wording, <br />7. Riverine definition refined, <br />8, Salvage yard definition refined, <br />9, Substantial damage definition refined, <br />10. Sec. 42-40 wording, and <br />11,Sec. 42-68 1. i.. Additional wording provided. <br />FORMAT OF CHANGES TO ORDINANCE <br />Changes in various other Federal and State documents directly relate to the majority of the <br />modifications to the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, The type of change is indicated on <br />the document itself, and below is a summary of the intent or source of the rnoditiration: <br />1, Terminology changed from `flood hazard'to `flood prone,' <br />2. Terminology changed from `Local Administrator' to `Floodplain Administrator' and made <br />terminology gender-neutral, <br />3.. Language aligned with State and Federal definitions, <br />4, Language deleted, <br />5. Language aligned with North Carolina Flood Act of 2000 regulations, <br />6. Terminology changed from `development permit'to `floodplain development permit, and' <br />7. New FEMA terminology <br />Staff has added some additional text (as indicated) for clarification and applicability to Orange <br />County, In addition, Staff has added comments made at the Ma,y 23, 2005 Quarterly Public <br />Hearing. <br />FLOOD DAMAGE AND STREAM BUFFERS <br />For the past several years, Orange County has enforced both the Flood Damage Prevention <br />Ordinance and Section 6,23.7 -Stream Buffers of the Zoning Ordinance, Both regulate <br />floodplain development, but for new development, the stream buffer standards are more <br />stringent in that any area within the buffer "must remain undisturbed in its natural state." A <br />