Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan

The watershed master plan is a comprehensive, long-range document that creates a community-driven vision for historic Ellicott City and the Tiber Branch Watershed. The plan represents the culmination of a multi-year public outreach process that began in response to the 2016 flooding and builds upon County Executive Ball’s “Ellicott City Safe and Sound” flood mitigation plan. The adopted master plan establishes goals, desired outcomes and policies for the next twenty years. It also features conceptual illustrations that can serve as inspiration should specific opportunities arise over time.  

The Department of Planning and Zoning greatly appreciates the many hours community members and business leaders spent working with the county and consultant team to develop and refine this plan. Hundreds of thoughtful comments and ideas were collected through multiple public events and input activities throughout the course of this multi-year project. DPZ is also extremely thankful for the contributions made by the members of the Master Plan Advisory Team (MPAT), who served as a sounding board to the planning process.