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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 19, 2013
Action Agenda
Item No. 5 -i
SUBJECT: Approval to Extend the Central Orange Fire Insurance District Boundary
DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
1) Central Orange Insurance District David Sykes, 245 -6100
Map Chief Jeff Cabe, 732 -7911
PURPOSE: To approve the Central Orange Insurance District Map which has been expanded
to include properties from the Cedar Grove Fire District that are not currently in an insurance
district.
BACKGROUND: This is a similar approach that Eno Fire Department and Caldwell Fire
Department took to address insurance concerns in their respective districts.
Certain properties in the southeast section of the Cedar Grove Fire District are over six (6) road
miles from the Cedar Grove Fire Station located on Hawkins Road. As a result, those properties
are not in an insurance district and rated as Class 10. In 2012, Orange Rural opened fire station
#3 which is located on Walker Road in the northern part of the district. The North Carolina
Department of Insurance, Office of the State Fire Marshal, Ratings and Inspection Division,
inspected and approved the station, apparatus and equipment. This location serves an area of
the Central Orange Fire Insurance District which is adjacent to the Cedar Grove Fire Insurance
District.
Staff has worked with representatives from the Cedar Grove Fire Department, Orange Rural
Fire Department, and the NC Department of Insurance to identify those affected areas. Staff
also worked with County Geographic Information Systems (GIS) staff to identify those parcels in
the Cedar Grove Fire District that are not in the Cedar Grove Fire Insurance District and
proposes to move these parcels into the Central Orange Insurance District, which is a Class 6
District, thereby allowing approximately twenty (20) property owners to be inside a rated
insurance district.
GIS has produced a revised map of the Central Orange Fire Insurance District showing those
parcels now being added into the Central Orange Fire Insurance District. Upon approval by the
Board of the County Commissioners, the Office of the State Fire Marshal can legally approve
transfer of those affected parcels to the Central Orange Fire Insurance District. Approximately
18 homes will be added to the Central Orange Fire Insurance District as shown in the attached
Central Orange Fire Insurance District Revised Map. The parcels proposed for moving are
circled on the Central Orange Insurance District Map. This area is located on the north side of
Schley Road between the intersection of Highway 57 and Walnut Grove Church Road.
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 Central Orange Fire Insurance District Boundary Map for insurance purposes only.
Attachment 1
Property Moving from Cedar Grove to Central Orange Fire Insurance District
LEGEND
OProperty moving from Cedar Grove FID Distance from Fire Stations in Central Orange
to Central Orange FID 0 to 5 miles
(1) Fire Stations 5 to 6 miles 1 inch = 4,999 feet
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