Wicomico County, MD
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2023-07-06
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Division 3 The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 126 Forest Conservation
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Article I General Provisions
- Division 1 The County Charter
- Ch C County Charter
- Division 2 Municipal Charters
- Ch DC Delmar Charter
- Ch FC Fruitland Charter
- Ch HC Hebron Charter
- Ch MC Mardela Springs Charter
- Ch PC Pittsville Charter
- Ch SC Salisbury Charter
- Ch SHC Sharptown Charter
- Ch WC Willards Charter
- Division 3 The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aviation
- Ch 7 Board of Appeals
- Ch 9 Bridges
- Ch 13 County Internal Auditor
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Emergency Management
- Ch 18 Compensation and Allowance Commission
- Ch 19 Contracts and Purchasing
- Ch 20 Correction, Department of
- Ch 22 County Property
- Ch 27 Deeds
- Ch 29 Finance
- Ch 30 Clean Energy Loan Program
- Ch 31 Election Districts
- Ch 33 Elections
- Ch 36 Environment, Commission on
- Ch 37 Ethics Law
- Ch 39 Fire and Ambulance Companies and Rescue Squads
- Ch 41 Fire Protection
- Ch 44 Housing Authority
- Ch 46 Law Enforcement Review Board
- Ch 47 Library System
- Ch 56 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Personnel Rules
- Ch 62 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 64 Planning Organization, Areawide
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Pocomoke River
- Ch 70 Recreation, Parks and Tourism
- Ch 72 Register of Wills
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Roads and Improvements
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 83 Seal
- Ch 86 Sheriff
- Ch 87 Special Benefit Districts
- Ch 88 Substance Abuse Policy
- Ch 90 Tax Exemptions
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 Urban Service Districts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 104 Agricultural Land Preservation
- Ch 105 Alarms
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Assemblies, Mass Public
- Ch 117 Building Construction
- Ch 119 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch 125 Critical Area Resource Protection
- Ch 126 Forest Conservation
- Ch 126 Art I General Provisions
- § 126-1 Purpose.
- § 126-2 Applicability.
- Ch 130 (Reserved)
- Ch 133 Animal Control
- Ch 135 Drugs and Tobacco Products
- Ch 138 Electrical Standards
- Ch 140 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 141 Fees
- Ch 144 Fire Prevention
- Ch 146 Fires
- Ch 148 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 149 Floodplain Management
- Ch 151 Fortune-Telling
- Ch 153 Foxes
- Ch 156 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 158 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 160 Housing Standards
- Ch 169 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 170 Motels and Places of Amusements
- Ch 174 Nuisances
- Ch 179 Parks, Recreational Facilities and Areas
- Ch 180 Peddlers
- Ch 183 Plumbing
- Ch 186 Right to Farm
- Ch 190 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 (Reserved)
- Ch 196 Stormwater Management
- Ch 197 Streets and Addressing System
- Ch 200 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 203 Taxation
- Ch 205 Taxicabs
- Ch 211 Trailer Camps
- Ch 213 Transient Merchants
- Ch 216 Trespass
- Ch 218 Vagrants
- Ch 221 Violations and Penalties
- Ch 225 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A228 Acts Appearing as Footnotes in 1965 Code
- Ch A229 Acts Not Elsewhere Referred to
- Ch A230 Comparative Table of Sections
- Ch A231 Derivation Table
- Ch A232 Disposition Lists
- Ch A233 Rules of Legislative Procedure
A.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide special regulatory
protection for the forest lands and timber resources located within Wicomico
County. Development standards and requirements established herein are intended
to foster more sensitive development activity for forested areas and to minimize
the adverse impacts of development activities on water quality. This chapter
is adopted pursuant to the Natural Resources Article of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, Title 5, specifically §§ 5-1601 through 5-1612.
A.
Unless exempted by Article III of this chapter, any person making application for a building permit, subdivision plat, stormwater management plan, project plan and grading or sediment control permits on parcels of land 40,000 square feet or greater after the effective date of this chapter shall file a forest conservation plan with the Department.
B.
This chapter shall apply to all lands under the authority
of Wicomico County and all lands within the corporate limits of any municipality
that has entered into an agreement with Wicomico County, Maryland, as permitted
by Title 5 of the Natural Resources Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[Amended 10-17-2006 by Bill No. 2006-11]
