WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 306

stormwater management in Maryland. The rules and regulations
shall:

(1)  Indicate that the primary goal of the State and
local programs will be to maintain after development, as nearly
as possible, the predevelopment runoff characteristics;

(2)  Make allowance for the difference in hydrologic
characteristics and stormwater management needs of different
parts of the State;

(3)  Specify that watershed-wide analyses may be
necessary to prevent undesirable downstream effects of increased
stormwater runoff;

(4)  Specify the exemptions a county or municipality
may grant from the requirements of submitting a stormwater
management plan; and

(5)  Specify the minimum content of the local
ordinances or the rules and regulations of the affected county
governing body to be adopted which may be done by inclusion of a
model ordinance or model rules and regulations.

(c)  Before the regulations required under this subsection
are final, the Department shall hold at least one public hearing
in the affected immediate geographic areas of the State and shall
consult with the affected counties and municipalities.

(d)  The Department shall provide technical assistance,
training, research, and coordination in stormwater management
technology to the local governments consistent with the purposes
of this subtitle.

[8-11A-04] 4-204.

(a)  After July 1, 1984, unless exempted, a person may not
develop any land for residential, commercial, industrial, or
institutional use without submitting a stormwater management plan
to the county or municipality that has jurisdiction, and
obtaining approval of the plan from the county or municipality.
A grading or building permit may not be issued for a property
unless a stormwater management plan has been approved that is
consistent with this subtitle.

(b)  The developer shall certify that all land clearing,
construction, development, and drainage will be done according to
the plan.

(c)  Each county or municipality may provide by ordinance
for the review and approval of stormwater management plans by the
local soil conservation district.

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