Table 6.

Community Capability Assessment

Policies and Programs	Reference	Effectiveness for Mitigation	Specific Text Citation
			Entire document is useful for mitigation
			Section 5.1 -- Intent
			The Development Ordinance states that a purpose of the RCD is to minimize
			danger to lives and properties from flooding in and near the watercourses
			to preserve the water-carrying capacity of the watercourses
Resource	Chapel Hill	High	Section 5.3 -- Establishment of Resource Conservation District
Conservation	Development	The RCD is established as a	The RCD is defined to be the elevation two feet above the 100-year floodplain
District	Ordinance	district that overlays other	elevation with a buffer zone 75 feet from the banks of perennial streams
(RCD)	(Article 5)	zoning districts established	draining less than one square mile or 100 feet from the banks of perennial
		in Article 12 of the	streams draining 1 mi^2 or more.
		Development Ordinance and	Section 5.4.1 -- Development in RCD after March 19, 1984
		is primarily intended to	Development and land-disturbing activities within the RCD were prohibited
		reduce flood damage and	after March 19, 1984 unless exempted by this Section, or permitted by § 5.5
		maintain riparian buffers.	or allowed pursuant to a variance authorized by this Article and approved by
			the Board of Adjustment.
			Section 5.5 -- Permitted Uses Within RCD
			Section 5.5.2 -- Intensity Regulations
			Establishment of impervious surface limits within the floodplain.
			Section 5.6 -- Standards for Development in RCD
			Section 5.8 -- Requirements for Development Applications

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Policies and Programs	Reference	Effectiveness for Mitigation	Specific Text Citation
			For each location where stormwater discharges from the campus property,
			the standards of no net increase in stormwater volume, runoff rate, or pollutant
		Low/Medium	load will be applied at that location.
		Individual zoning districts	Stormwater Management Techniques
UNC	UNC	set varying standards for	Porous paving systems, rain storage systems, vegetated roofing
Stormwater	Development	individual tracts of land.	Stream Monitoring
Management	Plan	owned by the University.	Three types of stream monitoring will be conducted on streams that may be
		However, the University has	impacted by main campus post-construction stormwater runoff.
		committed itself to	1.  Hourly monitoring of Meeting of the Waters Creek
		responsible stormwater	2.  Quarterly visual monitoring at a Morgan Creek tributary
		management.	3.  Quantitative benthic invertebrate sampling along various
			points along Meeting of the Waters Creek
			Infrastructure
			24.  Replacement of Bolinwood Drive bridge over Bolin Creek, a part of the
			bridge replacement program. Available funds --- limited to $40,000 per year.
		Medium	29.  Drainage assistance funding for projects which may be cost-shared with
Capital	Capital	The CIP identifies capital	property owners.  Available funds -- ???
Improvements	Improvements	needs and identifies funding	Parks and Other Public Use Facilities
Fund	Program (CIP)	sources for capital projects.	45.  Completion of various greenway projects based on the 1998 Greenways
Projects	(2001-2016)		Master Plan following priorities set by the Council
			Available funds --- $1,778,000 over 15 years

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Policies and Programs	Reference	Effectiveness for Mitigation	Specific Text Citation
			Infrastructure
			4.  Replacement of Lakeshore Drive bridge over Booker Creek
			Available funds (1996 Streets Bond) --- $270,000 over 2001-2003
Capital	Capital	High	7.  Improvements to public drainage infrastructure
Improvements	Improvements	The CIP identifies capital	Available funds (1996 Streets Bond) --- $200,000 over 2001-2003
Bond	Program (CIP)	needs and identifies funding	Parks and Other Public Use Facilities
Projects	(2001-2016)	sources for capital projects.	13.  Open space acquisition promoting non-automobile connectivity and/or
			preserving entrance way corridors, scenic vistas, environmentally sensitive
			Resource Conservation, community open space, and neighborhood open
			space.  Negotiations are ongoing.
			Section 11.1.2 (c)-- Finding
			Trees and other landscape elements help to naturally control flooding.
		Medium	Section 11.1.3 -- Purpose
	Chapel Hill	The Town recognizes trees	Regulate the protection and long-term management of trees, shrubs, and
Tree	Development	are a mechanism to control	soils in Chapel Hill.
Protection	Ordinance	flooding and places strict	Section 11.5.1 -- Permits Required
	(Article 11)	regulations on tree removal	It is unlawful to plant, prune, remove, apply chemicals or disturb any tree within
		at construction sites.	the critical root zone. (Does not apply to single-family or two-family dwellings on
			individual lots less than 5 acres unless the trees are registered by the owner.)
			Additionally, clearing vegetation or removing soil on public
			land or easements owned or maintained by the Town of Chapel Hill is not
			permitted without approval from the Town Manager.

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Policies and Programs	Reference	Effectiveness for Mitigation	Specific Text Citation
		Medium	Section 3.1 -- Establishment of Zoning Districts
		The zoning district section	The planning jurisdiction is divided into zoning districts. The use  regulations
Zoning	Chapel Hill	recognizes the RCD and	and intensity regulations are laid out in Articles 12 and 13.
Districts	Development	WPD (see below) as	Sections 3.1.1-3.1.11
	Ordinance	overlay districts. Land	1. Town Center Districts, 2. Community Commercial District,
	(Article 3)	use intensity restrictions are	3. Neighborhood Commercial District, 4. Office/Institutional District 3,
		established for each zone in	5. Office/Institutional District 2, 6. Office/Institutional District
		Articles 12 and 13 of the	7. Industrial District, 8. Residential Districts, 9. Rural Transition Districts
		Development Ordinance.	10. Overlaying Districts, 11. Conditional Use Districts
			Section 10.1 -- Intent
			Intended to apply a part of the New Hope Watershed draining to Jordan Lake.
			Section 10.2 -- Establishment of Watershed Protection District
Watershed		Medium	The WPD is established for certain lands within the New Hope Watershed as
Protection	Chapel Hill	The WPD is established as	a zoning overlay district.  All development within the watershed will comply
District	Development	a district that overlays other	with article 12
(WPD)	Ordinance	zoning districts established	Sections 10.5-10.7
	(Article 10)	in Article 12.  The WPD is	In order to prevent excessive stormwater runoff from damaging water quality of
		primarily intended to	reservoirs, it is desirable that as much runoff from hard surfaces as possible be
		preserve water quality.	absorbed into penetrable land areas.  Low and high density development will
			comply with article 5 of the RCD concerning stream buffers.

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Policies and Programs	Reference	Effectiveness for Mitigation	Specific Text Citation
			Section 14.1: Intent
			This article provides general performance standards to ensure development
	Chapel Hill	Medium	within Chapel Hill planning jurisdiction will be constructed in a safe, orderly,
Design	Development	Design standards provide	energy-efficient and visually harmonious fashion.
Standards	Ordinance	guidelines for overall design	Section 14.4: General Site Arrangement
	(Article 14)	safety.  Stormwater	Structures shall be placed and arranged so as not to affect adjacent property.
		requirements are mentioned.	These effects include, the removal of lateral support, the creation of hazard,
			nuisance, danger, inconvenience, loss of light, air, solar access, privacy or
			views.
			Section 14.7:  Drainage and Storm Water Management
			Natural drainage systems and storm water management installations shall be
			designed  to extend the time of concentration of stormwater runoff.
		High	The NFIP makes Federally-backed flood insurance available in communities
National	National Flood	NFIP recognizes and	that agree to adopt and enforce floodplain management ordinances to reduce
Flood Insurance	Flood Insurance	financially rewards	future flood damage.  Further, buildings constructed in compliance with NFIP
Program	Act 1969	actively mitigating	building standards suffer 77% less damage annually than those not built in
		communities.	compliance. And, every $3 paid in flood insurance claims saves $1 in disaster
			assistance payments.

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Policies and Programs	Reference	Effectiveness for Mitigation	Specific Text Citation
			Project Impact helps communities protect themselves from the devastating
Project		Medium	effects of natural disasters by taking actions that dramatically reduce disruption
Impact		Project Impact offers federal	and loss.  The incentive of Project Impact is clear: a disaster resistant
		government partnership	community can rebound from a natural disaster with far less loss of property
		in mitigation planning.	and a reduced cost for repairs. The Town is currently participating in a
			Partnership with Triangle J Council of Governments to carry out Research
			Triangle Project Impact.
Hazard Mitigation Grant	NFIP- Stafford
Assistance Program/	Act- Disaster	Very High	The Town has received a Flood Mitigation Assistance grant to remove
Flood Mitigation	Mitigation Act		three houses from the Bolin Creek floodway.  Additional projects such as this
Assistance Program	2000		can prevent property damage and injury from predictable natural hazards.
Cooperative technical
Partnership between		Very High	Provides a mechanism for cooperative approaches to flood hazard mitigation.
Chapel Hill, Carrboro
NCDEM and FEMA
			Restricts or prohibits uses which are dangerous to health, safety, and property
			due to water or erosion or flood heights or velocities.  Requires that uses
			vulnerable to floods to be protected against flood construction at the initial time
Flood Damage	Article IV	Very High	of construction.  Controls the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels,
Prevention Ordinance	Chapel Hill		And natural protective barriers, which are involved in the accommodation of
	Code		Flood waters.  Controls filling, grading, dredging, and other development which
			may increase erosion or flood damage.  Prevents or regulates the construction
			of obstructions which will unnaturally divert flood waters or which may increase
			flood hazards to other lands.

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Policies and Programs	Reference	Effectiveness for Mitigation	Specific Text Citation
			Any base flood elevation or location of special flood hazard may be amended
Amendment of official	Section 5-57:	High	when a flood control project has altered the flood hazard, or subsequent data
maps and profiles	Chapel Hill		indicates that the elevations or locations are no longer correct, or plans are
Ordinance	Code		submitted for a channel improvement or relocation that would alter the elevation
			or location.
			This division has the purpose of regulating the clearing, grading, excavating,
Soil Erosion and	Section 5-73	High	filling, and manipulation of the earth and the moving and storing of waters in
Sedimentation Control	Chapel Hill		order to: control and prevent accelerated soil erosion and sedimentation,
Division	Code		prevent the pollution of water, prevent damage to property, maintain the
			balance of nature, prevent the obstruction of natural and artificial drainageways,
			and inhibit flooding and reduce the undermining of roads and other
			transportation features.
Water Conservation	Article X.		Mandatory conservation is required (and enforced by OWASA) during
Ordinance	Chapel Hill	High	Stage 1 and 2 Water Shortages and Water Supply Emergencies.
	Code