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10/3/2005
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ORD-2005-127 - Ordinance Amending the County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance
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\Board of County Commissioners\Ordinances\Ordinance 2000-2009\2005
RES-2005-077 Resolution and Ordinance to Provide for Flood Damage Prevention in Orange County
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\Board of County Commissioners\Resolutions\2000-2009\2005
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stream buffer "is an area of land adjacent to a stream or FEMA-identified floodplain, which ever <br />is greater, .,," <br />In every case, the stream buffer restrictions exceed those of the existing and proposed <br />floodplain standards regarding new development, This is because the buffer regulations push <br />back new structure locations at least 65 feet beyond the floodplain boundary, <br />IMPLEMENTATION <br />One stipulation in the federal and state floodplain regulations mandates that local governments <br />use the best available data, Since August 2004, staff has used the new floodplain contour <br />elevations in the review of new structures in the Neuse Basin and since the spring of 2005 for <br />the Cape Fear Basin, Staff checks all permits on flood-prone lands for the base flood elevation <br />and lowest adjacent grade (both to the tenth of a foot), No new proposed structures have been <br />less than five vertical feet (freeboard) above the base flood elevation. <br />The new mapping added flood-prone areas in some places and reduced them in others, The <br />overall effect is that the total flood-prone area has remained essentially the same, However, <br />the number of residential and commercial structures within the County's floodplains has <br />decreased from 80 to 30 structures, <br />The remaining 39 residential and commercial structures, because of the stream buffer <br />restrictions, are the focus of the revised ordinance, If the structures are substantially damaged <br />or substantially improved, then they will have to meet the new, higher flood damage prevention <br />standards. To date, Wane of the remaining structures has applied for building permits. Unless <br />they need a permit, the ordinance will not affect them. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Additional departmental staff time will be required to properly administer <br />the revised flood damage prevention ordinance, The use of the revised regulations, a condition <br />of participation in the Community Rating System, could provide public financial benefits in the <br />form of flood insurance rebates. Department involvement would eventually include, but not be <br />limited to Planning and Inspections Department, EMS, Information Services, the Library system, <br />Public Works, Environmental and Resource Conservation, and Parks and Recreation. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: The Administration recommends that the Board adopt the <br />amended flood damage prevention ordinance, <br />The Planning Staff recommends that the Board adopt the amended flood damage prevention <br />ordinance. <br />
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