These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned
lands within the jurisdiction of Mathews County, Virginia, and identified
as areas of special flood hazard according to the Flood Insurance
Rate Map (FIRM) that is provided to Mathews County by FEMA.
Records of actions associated with administering this chapter
shall be kept on file and maintained by the Floodplain Administrator.
This chapter supersedes any ordinance currently in effect in
flood-prone districts. Any ordinance, however, shall remain in full
force and effect to the extent that its provisions are more restrictive.