The purpose of this Article is to protect, maintain and enhance the public health, safety, and general welfare by establishing minimum requirements and procedures to control the adverse impacts associated with increased stormwater runoff from developed and developing lands. The primary goal of the County is to maintain after development, as nearly as possible, the pre-development runoff characteristics, and to reduce stream channel erosion, pollution, siltation and sedimentation, and local flooding by implementing environmental site design to the maximum extent practicable and using appropriate structural best management practices only when necessary. The 2000 Maryland Stormwater Design Manual and any later revisions are incorporated by reference as if fully contained in this Article. (1980 L.M.C., ch. 60, § 3; 1985 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; , § 1; , § 1; , § 1.)
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