NEWS RELEASE

 

                                   

Mayor Jennifer P. Dougherty

 

CONTACT: Nancy Gregg Poss, Public Information Officer, 301-360-3842

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 06, 2003

 

 

CITY OF FREDERICK LETTER OF MAP

REVISION BECOMES EFFECTIVE

 

Frederick, Md. --- A Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) removing more than 180 properties in downtown Frederick from the regulatory floodplain of Carroll Creek became effective January 24, 2003.  Standard Flood Insurance Policyholders whose properties were removed from the regulatory floodplain by the LOMR may cancel their policies within the current policy year provided they were required to purchase the policy by a mortgagor and provided their property was located in an area identified as a 100-year floodplain on National Flood Insurance Program maps.  If no claim under the policy has been paid or is pending, the full premium shall be refunded for the current policy year.

 

All of downtown Frederick from Bentz Street to Wisner Street has been removed from the 100-year floodplain, along with Carroll Parkway from College Avenue to Bentz Street, Sagner Avenue, Sagner Court and Sagner Drive.

 

Properties removed from the floodplain include:

 

101-121           West All Saints Street

 

3-9, 104-110    North Bentz Street

 

214-256           Carroll Parkway

 

40                    South Carroll Street

 

23-45               South Carroll Street

 

130-144           West Church Street (even numbers)

 

129-135           West Church Street (odd numbers)

6, 24-32           South Court Street

 

9                      South Court Street

 

100                  South East Street

 

10-108             South Market Street (even numbers)

 

9-117                              South Market Street (odd numbers)

 

16-54                              East Patrick Street (even numbers)

 

100-102-1/2     East Patrick Street (even numbers)

 

110                  East Patrick Street (C. Burr Artz Library)

 

216-410           East Patrick Street (even numbers)

 

335-347           East Patrick Street (odd numbers)

 

100                  West Patrick Street (even numbers)

 

140-168           West Patrick Street (even numbers)

 

131-155           West Patrick Street (odd numbers)

 

113, 115          Pennsylvania Avenue

 

401, 406          Sagner Avenue

 

450                  Sagner Avenue

 

2-34                 Sagner Court (17 units)

 

2, 4, 34-46       Sagner Drive (9 units)

 

Sagner Community Building

 

26A, 26B         Water Street

 

2                      South Wisner Street

 

13                    South Wisner Street

 

The Letter of Map Revision was issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on October 3, 2002 in response to an application by the City of Frederick.  The City was required to advertise the change in the floodplain of Carroll Creek in local newspapers on October 18th and 25th of last year.  This was followed by a mandatory 90-day appeal period for citizens to request reconsideration.  The appeal period ended January 24, 2003.  Kelly Bronowicz, the engineer handling the City’s application for FEMA, reported this week that there were no appeals; therefore making the LOMR became effective on January 24, 2003.

 

Residence who require a copy of the City’s Letters of Map Revision can pick one up at the City of Frederick’s Engineering Department.

 

For additional information please contact Nancy Gregg Poss, Public Information Officer for the City of Frederick, at 301-360-3842.

 

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