Town of Manchester, MD Chapter 5 Floodplain Management

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Manchester 9-8-2015 by Ord. No. 221. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 5-1 Adoption of records by reference.

Those public records entitled "Flood Insurance Study for Carroll County, Maryland and Incorporated Areas" dated October 2, 2015, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated 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 Manchester, are hereby adopted by reference as the basis for establishing the special flood hazard areas for floodplain management in the Town of Manchester. 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.

§ 5-2 Adoption of County provisions.

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 of which shall be kept on file in the Town office of the Town of Manchester, is hereby adopted as the legal basis for implementing floodplain management in the Town of Manchester.

§ 5-3 Management responsibility.

The Town of Manchester delegates the responsibility of floodplain management to Carroll County as provided in a joint resolution dated September 8, 2015, and to be adopted contemporaneously herewith. Per 44 CFR 59.22(b), the Town Administrator of the Town of Manchester is designated as the official or agency responsible for the implementation of floodplain management for the Town of Manchester and will serve as the community point of contact on National Flood Insurance Program issues for county, state and federal officials.

§ 5-4 Enforcement.

Carroll County shall have the right and authority to fully enforce the provisions of this chapter within the corporate limits of the Town of Manchester.

§ 5-5 Penalties.

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.