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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 9-102 – Planning Commission

    (a)    The planning commission may consist of nine members.     (b)    (1)    The term of a member of the planning commission is 5 years.         (2)    The terms of two of the members of the planning commission shall be staggered.         (3)    At the end of a term, a member of the planning commission continues to serve until a successor is appointed and […]

Section 7-101 – Local Authority

    To encourage the preservation of natural resources or the provision of affordable housing and to facilitate orderly development and growth, a local jurisdiction that exercises authority granted by this division may enact, and is encouraged to enact, local laws providing for or requiring:         (1)    the planning, staging, or provision of adequate public facilities and affordable housing; […]

Section 7-102 – Transfer of Real Property

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative body that exercises authority granted by this division may enact local laws providing for the transfer, with or without consideration, of real property belonging to the local jurisdiction to a public or private entity, to use in developing or preserving affordable housing.

Section 7-103 – Scope of Authority

    The authority granted under this subtitle is not intended to limit a local jurisdiction’s authority to:         (1)    exercise any planning and zoning powers not expressly authorized under this subtitle; or         (2)    adopt other methods to:             (i)    facilitate orderly development and growth;             (ii)    encourage the preservation of natural resources; or             (iii)    provide affordable housing.

Section 7-104 – Restriction in Priority Funding Area — Reports

    (a)    In this section, “restriction” means a restriction, moratorium, or capacity limitation imposed on development as a result of a local law enacted under this subtitle.     (b)    (1)    If an adequate public facility law has resulted in a restriction within a priority funding area, on or before July 1 every 2 years, a local jurisdiction shall report on […]

Section 7-201 – Local Authority

    A legislative body that exercises authority granted by this division may establish a program for the transfer of development rights to:         (1)    encourage the preservation of natural resources; and         (2)    facilitate orderly growth and development in the State in conjunction with programs for preservation of open space and agricultural land and other development management programs and techniques.