Ch. 488                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(iii) Stormwater detention or retention structures;
(iv) Public acquisition;
(v) Flood proofing;

(vi) Storm drain and stream maintenance;
(vii) Tax adjustment policies;

(viii) Subdivision, zoning, and related ordinances; and
(ix) Other practical methods.
(3) Management techniques shall include flood warning systems.

(e)     In any interjurisdictional watershed, those portions of the flood management
plans of the subdivisions relating to the watershed shall be subject to review and approval
by the Department as one plan. Any comprehensive flood management plan which
includes a project for which grant funds are requested under this section is subject to
review and approval by the Department. If a plan is disapproved, the Secretary shall set
forth in writing the reason for disapproval. Disapproval of a plan shall be based only on
flood management considerations.

(f)     The Department and the subdivisions shall coordinate activities under this
section with all related programs, including the national flood insurance program, the
sediment control program, and the State water pollution control and abatement
programs.

(g)     (1) Each subdivision shall implement the flood management plan for its
watershed. If a subdivision so elects, the Department, in consultation with the
subdivision, shall prepare the regulations to implement the flood management plan. The
subdivision shall adopt these regulations. If a municipality elects and the county agrees,
the county, in consultation with the municipality, shall prepare the regulations. If the
county does not agree, the Department, in consultation with the municipality, shall
prepare, if requested, the regulations. The municipality shall adopt the regulations
prepared for the municipality. Implementation of the flood management plans shall begin
within 1 year after they are completed.

(2) (i) Baltimore City and Baltimore County shall include in the flood
management plan for the Jones Falls watershed and adopt regulations prohibiting any
person from erecting any new residential structure or any substantial residential
structural changes which would constitute any amount of encroachment into the 100-year
floodplain of the nontidal Jones Falls, and requiring all new nonresidential structures or
improvements, except flood control projects, to be elevated above the 100-year flood
elevation. However, these restrictions may be construed not to apply to any public works
project of Baltimore City, Baltimore County, or the State.

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