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09/26/2005 7 <br />A RESOLiJTION AND ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR <br />FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />Bold Italics = Plamring Board Suggestions <br />Strikeflar^ecrg# = Proposed Deleted I,m:guage <br />Federal & State Modification (see page 5 "Format of Changes to Ordinance" of <br />abstract) <br />WHEREAS, the National Flood Insurance Program incorporated at 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128 authorizes the <br />establishment of floodplain management regulations applicable to flood-prone areas in Orange County; <br />and, <br />WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina Division of Emergency Management has update regulations <br />regazding development and activities within flood-prone areas; and, <br />WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of Orange County to promote sound land development regulations <br />within the flood-prone areas of Orange County, which promotes the health, welfare, and quality of the <br />lives of the residents of this community and such controls are essential to the economy and quality of <br />life of the community. <br />NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority provided in N.C. General Statute § 153A-121, <br />§ 153A-123 and § 153A-13.3, the Boad of Commissioners of Orange County hereby resolves and <br />ordains as follows: <br />DIVISION 1. GENEItAI.LY <br />Sec. 42-31 Statutory authorization. <br />The Legislature of the State of North Carolina has in Part 6, Article 21 of Chapter 14.3; Parts .3 <br />and 4 of Article 18 of Chapter 153A; and Part 121, Article 6 of Chapter 15.3A 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 Carolina, does ordain as follows: <br />(Ord,. of 8-28-1995, § 1.1, eff. 8-28-1995) <br />Sec. 42-:32 <br />Change <br />from <br />flood <br />hazard to <br />flood <br />prone (1) <br />a) <br />Findings of fact. Clarification <br />The flood hazard prone areas within the jurisdiction of tlxe 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 tlxe occupancy in flood huzard pror:e areas (1) <br />by uses vulnerable to floods or is a hazardeus to other lands, because tl:e areas are <br />inadequately elevated, flood proofed, or otherwise unprotected from flo . __ <br />Planning Board <br />(Ord, of 8-28-1995, § 1,1, eff 8-28-1995) suggestion, <br />