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 Mt. Airy, are hereby
adopted by reference as the basis for establishing the special flood
hazard areas for floodplain management in the Town of Mt. Airy. 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, 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 Mt. Airy, is hereby adopted as the
legal basis for implementing floodplain management in the Town of
Mt. Airy.
The Town of Mt. Airy delegates the responsibility of floodplain
management to Carroll County as provided in an executed resolution
dated September 14, 2015. Per 44 CFR Part 59.22(b), the Mayor, or
his designee, is designated as the official or agency responsible
for the implementation of floodplain management for the Town of Mt.
Airy and will serve as the community point of contact on National
Flood Insurance Program issues for county, state and federal officials.
Carroll County shall have the right and authority to fully enforce
the provisions of the ordinance within the corporate limits of the
Town of Mt. Airy.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this
chapter are hereby repealed.
If any portion of this chapter is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, all remaining portions of this chapter
shall remain in full force and effect.
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.