[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town
of Oakland 9-3-2013 by Ord. No. O2013-05.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former
Ch. 153, Floodplain Management, adopted 11-4-1991 by Ord. No. O91-01,
as amended.
Those public records entitled "Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for
Garrett County, Maryland and Incorporated Areas" dated October 2,
2013, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) dated October
2, 2013, and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions, copies of
which shall be kept on file in the office of the Executive Coordinator/Town
Clerk, are hereby adopted by reference, as the basis for establishing
the special flood hazard areas for floodplain management in the Town
of Oakland. 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 Garrett County known as Chapter 151 of the County Code of Ordinances,
effective October 2, 2013, and all subsequent amendments and/or revisions,
copies of which shall be kept on file in the office of the Executive
Coordinator/Town Clerk, is hereby adopted as the legal basis for implementing
floodplain management in the Town.
The Town of Oakland continues to delegate the responsibility
of floodplain management to Garrett County as provided in an executed
resolution dated November 4, 1991. The Town Clerk/Executive Coordinator
for the Town of Oakland is appointed/designated as the National Flood
Insurance Program Floodplain Administrator for the Town of Oakland
and is responsible for coordinating with Garrett County and will serve
as the community point of contact on National Flood Insurance Program
issues for county, state and federal officials.
Garrett County shall have the right and authority to fully enforce
the provisions of this chapter within the corporate limits of the
Town of Oakland.
Providing for 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 Section
151.999 of the County Code of Ordinances.
