SECTION 5: CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT
affected area. Teams gather damage data electronically and submit to the Town’s Floodplain Administrator, who maintains an electronic database of the information. When homeowners submit for permits for repair work, the substantial damage determination procedures, as outlined in the Floodplain Ordinance in the Town’s Unified Development Ordinance, are followed. These procedures are performed by the Floodplain Administrator (Engineering Director) and the Inspections Director and are: • Estimate the market value, or require the applicant to obtain an appraisal of the market value prepared by a qualified independent appraiser, of the building or structure before the start of construction of the proposed work; in the case of repair, the market value of the building or structure shall be the market value before the damage occurred and before any repairs are made; • Compare the cost to perform the improvement, the cost to repair a damaged building to its pre- damaged condition, or the combined costs of improvements and repairs, if applicable, to the market value of the building or structure; • Determine and document whether the proposed work constitutes substantial improvement or repair of substantial damage; and • Notify the applicant if it is determined that the work constitutes substantial improvement or repair of substantial damage and that compliance with the flood resistant construction requirements of the NC Building Code and this ordinance is required. All construction within the floodplain requires a Floodplain Development Permit to be issued by the Floodplain Administrator. Pre-construction and post-construction inspections are performed to ensure compliance with the Floodplain Ordinance. The Town of Fuquay-Varina ’s Public Works Department maintains catch basins, storm lines, culverts and ditches to ensure they are free of debris, sediment etc. Per the Town’s Operation and Maintenance Plan for Municipal Facilities, this maintenance will occur weekly and before and after rainfall events. Additionally, street sweeping is performed weekly. These activities are logged into City Works and are utilized when determining substantial damage cases. Substantial improvement and substantial damage protocols are integrated into the Town’s Land Development Ordinance and are implemented by the Town’s Departments responsible for development. If a homeowner or applicant comes in to improve the property voluntarily without damage, then substantial improvement protocols are activated. Protocols entail: 1) An estimate or appraisal of the market value (prior to damage) of the structure before start of repair or improvement; 2) Cost comparisons of the improvement or repair to the market value; 3) Determination of whether the proposed work constitutes improvement or repair of substantial damage; and 4) Notification to the applicant if it is determined that work constitutes substantial improvement or repair of substantial damage. Notification also includes compliance requirements per NC Building Code and the Town’s Flood Damage Prevention Regulations. All work is also field verified by inspectors to make sure construction is up to code and in compliance with Town ordinances. In the Town of Holly Springs , immediately after a flood event, employees across multiple departments that consist of Stormwater Staff, Town Engineers, Infrastructure Inspectors and Building Code Officials will deploy to the affected areas, as needed. The Town has a limited amount of areas that are likely to be affected by a large rainfall event and these areas have been previously identified in the Town’s floodplain mapping efforts. Any specific damage will be noted in the Town’s development software. Any affected parcels will receive a parcel message in the software, denoting that additional permit review for substantial damage is necessary. When a property owner applies for a permit for repair work, this parcel message will appear
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