[HISTORY:[1] Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Hampstead 9-8-2015 by Ord. No. 512. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide guidelines regarding
the National Flood Insurance Program, adopting by reference revised
Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Maps, and floodplain
management regulations.
Those public records entitled "Flood Insurance Study for Carroll
County, Maryland and Incorporated Areas" with accompanying Flood Insurance
Rate Maps and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions, copies of
which shall be kept on file in the Town office of the Town of Hampstead,
are hereby adopted by reference, as the basis for establishing the
special flood hazard areas for floodplain management in the Town of
Hampstead. 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 and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions,
copies of which shall be kept on file in the Town office of the Town
of Hampstead, is hereby adopted as the legal basis for implementing
floodplain management in the Town of Hampstead.
A.
The Town of Hampstead delegates the responsibility of floodplain
management to Carroll County as provided in Resolution No. 2015-03.
Per Section 44 CFR Part 59.22(b), the Town Manager is designated as
the official responsible for the implementation of floodplain management
for the Town of Hampstead and will serve as the community point of
contact on National Flood Insurance Program issues for County, State
and Federal officials.
B.
Carroll County shall have the right and authority to fully enforce
the provisions of this chapter within the corporate limits of the
Town of Hampstead.
C.
Any person who fails to comply with any or all of the requirements
or provisions of the Floodplain Management Ordinance shall be subject
to the penalties as outlined within Chapter 153 of the Carroll County
Code.
