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Ch. 122
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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(B) (1) Each county and municipality that exercises
planning and zoning authority shall update local zoning
ordinances to allow for the implementation of environmental site
design techniques in stormwater management practices,
(2) each county and municipality that is subject to the
requirements of this section may base their local zoning ordinance
on the Department's model ordinance or model rules and
regulations required under § 4-203 of this subtitle.
4-203.
(a) The Department of the Environment shall implement the provisions of
this subtitle and shall consult the Department of Natural Resources from time to time,
INCLUDING DURING THE ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS, concerning the impact of
stormwater on waters of the State.
(b) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations which establish
criteria and procedures for 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;
(5) (i) 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; and
(ii) Establish regulations and a model ordinance
OR model rule and regulation for a local zoning ordinance that
allows for that require:
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