This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mount Joy Township Floodplain Ordinance."
The Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has, by the passage of the Pennsylvania Flood Plain Management Act of 1978,[1] delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to adopt floodplain management regulations to promote public health, safety, and the general welfare of its citizenry.
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Editor's Note: See 32 P.S. § 679.101 et seq.