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October 20, 2008 (Regular Meeting) Page 1013 Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of the adoption of new Cabarrus County Flood Maps. He further stated that the County's floodplain has been remapped to add new community numbers and that the County is required to adopt the resolution which states that the floodplain had been remapped. He requested the Board hold a public hearing. Chairman White opened the public hearing at 7:02 p.m. The Public Hearing Notice was published on October 8 and 15, 2008 in THE INDEPENDENT TRIBUNE. There was no one present to address the Board; therefore, Chairman White closed the public hearing. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Vice Chairman Juba and unanimously carried, the Board adopted an Ordinance amending the Cabarrus County Code of Ordinances, Section 38, Article II, Flood Damage Prevention and accompanying resolution. Ordinance No. 2008-13 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CABARRUS COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES BE IT ORDAINED that the Cabarrus County Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows: CHAPTER 38 ARTICLE II FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE Change ordinance as follows: Add: Appendix A --CRITERIA FOR LAND MANAGEMENT AND USE--Table of Contents Subpart A--Requirements for Flood Plain Management Regulations Flood plain management criteria for flood-prone areas The Administrator will provide the data upon which flood plain management regulations shall be based. If the Administrator has not provided sufficient data to furnish a basis for these regulations in a particular community, the community shall obtain, review and reasonably utilize data available from other Federal, State or other sources pending receipt of data from the Administrator. However, when special flood hazard area designations and water surface elevations have been furnished by the Administrator, they shall apply. The symbols defining such special flood hazard designations are set forth in Sec. 69.3 of this subchapter. In all cases the minimum requirements governing the adequacy of the flood plain management regulations for flood-prone areas adopted by a particular community depend on the amount of technical data formally provided to the community by the Administrator. Minimum standards for communities are as follows: (a) When the Administrator has not defined the special flood hazard areas within a community, has not provided water surface elevation data, and has not provided sufficient data to identify the floodway or coastal high hazard area, but the community has indicated the presence of such hazards by submitting an application to participate in the Program, the community shall: (1) Require permits for all proposed construction or other development in the community, including the placement of manufactured homes, so that it may determine whether such construction or other development is proposed within flood-prone areas; (2) Review proposed development to assure that all necessary permits have been received from those governmental agencies from which approval is required by Federal or State law, including section 904 of the Federal Water Pollution Control ActAmendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1339; (3) Review all permit applications to determine whether proposed building sites will be reasonably safe from flooding. If a proposed building site is in a flood-prone area, all new construction and substantial improvements shall (i) be designed (or modified) and adequately anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure resulting from hydrodynamic and hydrostatic loads, including the effects of buoyancy, (ii) be constructed with materials resistant to flood damage, (iii) be constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damages, and (iv) be constructed with electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air conditioning equipment and other service facilities that are designed and/or