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Public Hearing on Land Use Ordinance Text Amendments Related to Flood Damage Prevention Provisions to Reflect New Maps
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board of Aldermen to receive public comments on Land Use Ordinance Text Amendments related to flood damage prevention provisions.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Patricia McGuire, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org, 919-918-7327; Christina Moon, cmoon@townofcarrboro.org, 919-918-7325
INFORMATION: Revisions to the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) have been underway for several years. Updated LIDAR data have significantly increased the clarity and accuracy of elevation data and the digital modeling used to create these maps. State and Federal flood mapping officials have informed the Town that the maps are ready to become effective. Associated updates to flood modelling used to determine flood impacts have been developed as well. Changes from the existing maps includes the following: addition of special flood hazard areas in two unnamed tributaries of Bolin Creek (near the Fox Meadow neighborhood and near the Cates Farm neighborhood), addition of floodway along Jones Creek adjoining the boundary of Lake Hogan Farms and Ballentine), and extension of flood hazard area and floodway on Toms Creek north of James Street and along the unnamed tributary of Morgan Creek that flows through the Rocky Brook Mobile Home Park. Base flood elevations and flood hazard areas contracted along portions of Toms Creek and Morgan Creek with a reduction in the number of structures within the special flood hazard area along Morgan Creek.
An updated state model ordinance has been made available. This update includes definitional changes and other provisions, and the reference to the date of the new FIRMs.
A draft ordinance has been prepared that incorporates the updated map reference and additional revisions from the model ordinance provided by State floodplain mapping. An annotated exce...
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