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Vote on a request to adopt revisions to the Chatham County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
A request to adopt revisions to the Chatham County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.
Introduction & Background:
On May 17th, 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sent the County Manager a notice that final flood hazard determinations had been made by the agency. FEMA received no requests for changes in the flood hazard determinations made in the preliminary Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and proposed Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), which were published on August 30th, 2013. The effective date for the modified flood hazard information and revised FIRM panels is November 17th, 2017. As a condition of continued eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Chatham County is required to adopt floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Section 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations by November 17th, 2017. The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management (NCDEM) has revised their Flood Damage Prevention Model Ordinance to reflect the floodplain management regulations that meet the standards of Section 60.3(d) of the NFIP regulations. The current Chatham County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance is modeled after an earlier version of the NCDEM model ordinance, and therefore, must be revised to reflect the changes to the NCDEM model ordinance, in order to allow Chatham County to remain eligible in the NFIP.
On August 21st, 2017, the Board of Commissioners held a Public Hearing to consider revisions to the Chatham County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance. No one from the public spoke on the matter. The Board of Commissioners forwarded the item to the Planning Board for a review and recommendation. On September 5th, the Planning Board held a Public Hearing. No one from the public spoke. The Planning Board recommended adoption of the revisions to the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, with three mi...
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