1902

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 691

SHALL STATE [[THAT]] THE LOCATION IN THE SUBDIVISION
WHERE THE MAP SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING BY THE
PUBLIC. IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY BY
FIRST CLASS MAIL EACH OWNER SHOWN ON THE TAX RECORDS AS
AN OWNER OF LAND LYING WITHIN AN INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD
AREA.

[[(D) AFTER HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING IN EACH COUNTY
WHERE AN INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD AREA LIES, THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL ADOPT EACH MAP AS A RULE OR REGULATION BY AUGUST 1,
1977. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH NOTICE OF EACH
HEARING IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION WITHIN THE
APPROPRIATION SUBDIVISION, AND WHERE THE INTERIM FLOOD
HAZARD LIES.]]

(D)    THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HOLD A HEARING IN EACH

COUNTY WHERE AN INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD AREA LIES. THE

DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH NOTICE OF EACH HEARING IN A
NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE
SUBDIVISION, AND WHERE THE INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD AREA

LIES. AFTER HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING IN EACH COUNTY

WHERE AN INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD AREA LIES, THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL ADOPT EACH MAP AS A RULE OR REGULATION BY AUGUST 1,
1977.

(E)    AFTER ADOPTING ANY INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD AREA
MAP, THE DEPARTMENT MAY CONSPICUOUSLY MARK IN THE FIELD
(1) THE LOCATION OF THE FLOOD HAZARD AREA; AND (2) OTHER
AREAS THE DEPARTMENT MAY DEEM NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE.

8-9A04.

(A)    BY NOVEMBER 1, 1978, EVERY SUBDIVISION SHALL
ADOPT [[APPROPRIATE MEASURES]] RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
GOVERNING USES WITHIN INTERIM FLOOD HAZARD AREAS UPON
CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1)    THE AVAILABILITY OF ALTERNATE LOCATIONS
FOR THE USE;

(2)    THE PERMANENCY OF THE USE;

(3)    THE EFFECT OF THE USE ON PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO IT;

(4)    WHETHER THE AREA IS AN AREA OF TIDAL OR
NONTIDAL INUNDATION;

(5)    GOOD HUSBANDRY PRACTICES COMMON TO
NORMAL AND EFFICIENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;

(6)    ANY OTHER FACTOR CONSISTENT WITH THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)    IN AUTHORIZING A USE WITHIN AN INTERIM FLOOD
HAZARD AREA, THE SUBDIVISION SHALL REQUIRE THAT ANY USE
OR THE EFFECTS OF ANY USE ARE MINIMIZED TO THE MOST