HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 04-19-2011 - 5jORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 19, 2011
Action Agenda
Item No.
SUBJECT: Approval to Extend the East Orange Fire Insurance District Boundary
DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services
ATTACHMENT(S):
Caldwell Insurance District Map
East Orange Insurance District Map
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No
INFORMATION CONTACT:
F. R. Montes de Oca, 245 -6100
Annette Moore, 245 -2317
PURPOSE: To approve the East Orange Fire Insurance District Map which has been expanded
to include properties from the Caldwell Fire District that are currently not in an insurance district.
BACKGROUND: In 2009, Eno Fire and Emergency Services, Inc. opened fire station #2 on St.
Mary's Road just south of Pleasant Green Road. The North Carolina Department of Insurance,
Office of the State Fire Marshal, Ratings and Inspections Division, inspected and approved the
station, apparatus and equipment. This approval allowed the Department of Insurance to extend
the East Orange Insurance District, which is now adjacent to the Caldwell Fire Insurance
District.
Certain properties in the southeast section of the Caldwell Fire District are over six (6) road
miles from the Caldwell Fire Station located on Guess Road. As a result, those properties are
not in an insurance district, rated as Class 10. Staff has worked with representatives from the
Caldwell Fire Department and the Department of Insurance to identify those affected areas.
Staff also worked with Information Technologies staff to identify those parcels in the Caldwell
Fire District that are not in the Caldwell Fire Insurance District and moved those parcels into the
East Orange Insurance District, which is a Class 9 District, thereby allowing those property
owners to be inside a rated insurance district. GIS staff produced a revised map of the East
Orange Insurance District, showing those parcels now being added into the East Orange Fire
Insurance District. The revised map has been reviewed and approved by staff from the North
Carolina Department of Insurance, Office of the State Fire Marshal, Ratings and Inspections
Division. Upon approval by the Board of the County Commissioners, the Office of the State Fire
Marshal can legally approve the transfer of those affected parcels to the East Orange Fire
Insurance District. Representatives from Eno Fire and Emergency Services have also been
involved in this process and are receptive to the modification of the insurance district.
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An analysis was conducted by staff to determine the number of parcels affected. Approximately
135 will be added to the East Orange Fire Insurance District as shown in the attached East
Orange Insurance District Revised Map. The parcels that have been moved are highlighted on
the East Orange Insurance District Map. This area is located North of St. Mary's Road and East
of Schley Road to the Durham County line.
This request is intended to update an action of the Board during its January 20, 2011
meeting whereby the Caldwell Fire District was inadvertently identified as the Little River
Fire District. The North Carolina Department of Insurance, Office of the State Fire
Marshal, Ratings and Inspections Division reviewed the original request and advised the
fire district's legal name must be used in order for their office to update the district map.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The approval of this item has no financial impact on the County. This is
an administrative action only and no changes in fire protection, service delivery or fire tax rates
will be reflected by approval of the Board of County Commissioners. Upon Board and
Department of Insurance approval, property owners in the expanded area will be eligible for
lower fire insurance premiums.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached
revised East Orange Fire Insurance District Boundary Map for insurance purposes only.
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