Section 8-307 – Failure to Act on Completed Application
If a commission fails to act on a completed application within 45 days after the date when the completed application was filed, the application shall be considered approved unless: (1) the applicant and the commission agree to an extension of the 45–day period; or (2) the application is withdrawn.
Section 8-308 – Appeal of Decision
Any person aggrieved by a decision of a commission may appeal the decision in the manner provided for an appeal from the decision of the planning commission of the local jurisdiction.
Section 8-401 – Conversion of Overhead Facilities
(a) (1) Each local jurisdiction in which a district is designated may enact local laws requiring that: (i) utility companies relocate existing overhead lines and facilities underground within the defined part of the district or the entire district; and (ii) if necessary, private owners who receive service from the relocated lines and facilities place any connection underground. (2) A local […]
Section 8-501 – Request for Enforcement
A commission may request that the appropriate enforcement authority of the local jurisdiction seek any of the remedies and penalties provided by law for any violation of a local law adopted under this title.
Section 8-203 – Meetings
(a) A commission shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the conduct of its business. (b) An interested person or representative of an interested person may appear and be heard at a public hearing that a commission conducts.
Section 8-204 – Accepting Gifts
Subject to any requirements of the local jurisdiction that relate to the acceptance and use of gifts by public officials, a commission may accept and use gifts as needed to perform its duties.
Section 8-205 – Powers
(a) (1) Subject to any requirements of the local jurisdiction that relate to the acquisition of easements, a commission may acquire easements in connection with individual sites or structures, or with sites or structures located in or adjacent to a locally designated historic district. (2) An easement acquired by a commission may grant to the commission, the residents […]
Section 8-301 – Guidelines for Rehabilitation and New Construction Design
(a) A local jurisdiction shall adopt guidelines for rehabilitation and new construction design for designated sites, structures, and districts that are consistent with those generally recognized by the Maryland Historical Trust. (b) The guidelines adopted under this section may include: (1) design characteristics intended to meet the needs of particular types of sites, structures, and districts; and (2) identification […]
Section 8-302 – Application for Changes to Sites or Structures — in General
(a) A person shall file an application with the commission before constructing, reconstructing, altering, moving, or demolishing a site or structure located within a locally designated district if any exterior changes are involved that would affect the historic, archaeological, or architectural significance of the site or structure, any portion of which is visible or intended to […]
Section 8-303 – Application for Changes to Sites or Structures — Review of Application
(a) In reviewing an application, a commission shall: (1) use the guidelines adopted under § 8–301 of this subtitle; and (2) consider: (i) the historic, archaeological, or architectural significance of the site or structure and its relationship to the historic, archaeological, or architectural significance of the surrounding area; (ii) the relationship of the exterior architectural features of the structure to […]