[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Town of Sykesville 9-28-2015 by Ord. No. 292.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Stormwater management — See Ch. 134.
Subdivision regulations — See Ch. 145.
Water resource management — See Ch. 176.
Zoning — See Ch. 180.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also superseded
former Ch. 89, Floodplain Management, adopted 11-22-2004 by Ord. No.
251.
Those public records entitled "Flood Insurance Study for Carroll
County, Maryland and Incorporated Areas" with an effective date of
October 2, 2015, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps with
an effective date of October 2, 2015, and all subsequent amendments
and/or revisions, copies of which shall be kept on file in the Town
office of the Town of Sykesville, are hereby adopted by reference,
as the basis for establishing the special flood hazard areas for floodplain
management in the Town of Sykesville. The special flood hazard areas
documented in the Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Maps
are the minimum area of applicability of the floodplain management
regulations and may be supplemented by studies for other areas as
allowed in the regulations.
That public record designated as the "Floodplain Management
Regulations for Carroll County," known as "Chapter 153, Floodplain
Management, of the Carroll County Code," dated September 3, 2015,
and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions, copies ofwhich shall
be kept on file in the Town office of the Town of Sykesville, is hereby
adopted as the legal basis for implementing floodplain management
in the Town of Sykesville.
The Town of Sykesville delegates the responsibility of floodplain
management to Carroll County as provided in an executed resolution
dated September 14, 2015. Per 44 CFR 59.22(b), the Town Manager or
his/her designee is designated as the official responsible for the
implementation of floodplain management for the Town of Sykesville
and will serve as the community point of contact on National Flood
Insurance Program issues for county, state and federal officials.
Carroll County shall have the right and authority to fully enforce
the provisions of this chapter within the corporate limits of the
Town of Sykesville.
