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<section number="32-208" name="Coastal and Wetland Floodplain Regulations — General Requirements" law="code" slug="sec-32-208" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_32WAREPRGRCO_DIV4FLOR_S32-208COWEFLREGERE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>General Requirements: In addition to the general requirements pursuant to Section 32-207 of the County Code, for any development and construction in the coastal and wetland floodplains shall also meet the following requirements:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Apply in flood hazard areas that are identified as coastal high hazard areas (V Zones) and Coastal A Zones (if delineated).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Apply to all development, new construction, substantial improvements (including repair of substantial damage), and placement, replacement, and substantial improvement (including repair of substantial damage) of manufactured homes.</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Exception: In Coastal A Zones, the requirements of Section 32-207 of the County Code shall apply to substantial improvements (including repair of substantial damage), and the substantial improvement of manufactured homes (including repair of substantial damage) and replacement manufactured homes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The development shall be subject to the provisions of this Code regulating development in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In the wetland floodplain the following regulations shall apply:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall obtain, review and reasonably utilize any wetlands classification data available from a Federal, State or other source to determine the boundaries and characteristics of the wetland floodplain. When the boundary of the wetland floodplain is unknown, obscure, or undefined, the applicant shall evaluate each site to determine the actual extent of wetlands.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except where specifically allowed by the Department and the Maryland Department of the Environment and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the following shall be prohibited:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Filling, dumping or excavating of any kind;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Drainage or alteration of the natural drainage and circulation of surface or ground waters; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>Removal of natural vegetation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department may approve development or construction upon determining that the proposed uses:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Require access to water or wetlands, or are water dependent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Have no prudent or feasible alternative site which does not involve wetland areas;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>Will result in minimum feasible alteration or impairment to wetland functional characteristics and existing contour, vegetation, fish and wildlife resources and hydrologic conditions of the wetland area; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="D">
        <text>Meet all applicable regulations of Subtitle 5B when located in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Overlay Zone.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
