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Township of Lower Oxford, PA
Chester County
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[Ord. No. 2-2017, 8/8/2017]
1. 
The Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has, by the passage of the Pennsylvania Flood Plain Management Act of 1978,[1] delegated the responsibility to local governmental units to adopt floodplain management regulations to promote public health, safety, and the general welfare of its citizenry and, by the passage of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,[2] authorized the adoption of a land use ordinance controlling floodplains.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 32 P.S. § 679.101 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
2. 
Based upon the above authority, the Board of Supervisors hereby enacts and ordains the following.