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 9-301 – Scope of Subtitle
This subtitle applies to Baltimore County.
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 8-201 – Establishment
A local jurisdiction may create a historic district commission or a historic preservation commission.
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.