Section 7-306 – Limitations
This subtitle does not require the adoption of a local law by a local governing body or authorize a local governing body to require a party to enter into an agreement.
Section 7-401 – Affordable Housing
(a) To promote the creation of housing that is affordable by individuals and families with low or moderate incomes, a legislative body that exercises authority under this division may enact local laws: (1) imposing inclusionary zoning, and awarding density bonuses, to create affordable housing units; and (2) restricting the use, cost, and resale of housing that is created […]
Section 8-102 – Declaration of Public Purpose
It is a public purpose in the State to preserve sites, structures, and districts of historical, archaeological, or architectural significance and their appurtenances and environmental settings.
Section 8-103 – Scope and Construction of Title
(a) The preservation of a designated structure under this title includes preservation of an associated: (1) natural land formation; and (2) appurtenance and environmental setting. (b) This title may not be construed to prevent routine maintenance, customary farming operations, or landscaping that does not have a material effect on the historic, archaeological, or architectural significance of a designated site, […]
Section 8-104 – Regulation of Sites and Structures
(a) The legislative body of each local jurisdiction, by local law, may regulate: (1) the construction, reconstruction, alteration, moving, and demolition of sites or structures of historical, archaeological, or architectural significance; (2) the construction, reconstruction, alteration, moving, and demolition of sites and structures within districts; and (3) the appurtenances and environmental settings of sites and structures within the limits […]
Section 8-105 – Designation of Boundaries for Sites, Structures, and Districts
For the purposes of this title, each local jurisdiction may designate boundaries for sites, structures, and districts that are considered to be of historic, archaeological, or architectural significance, by following the procedures of the local jurisdiction for establishing or changing zoning districts and classifications.
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.