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(d) With the exception of those reclassification petitions exempted
under the procedure set forth in subsection (i), below, and with the further
exception of those reclassification petitions which have been received for
filing in the office of planning and zoning as May 1, 5, 1970, copies of all
zoning reclassification petitions accepted for filing by the zoning commis-
sioner [during either cycle] before April 16, 1971 and during each cycle
thereafter shall be transmitted to the director of planning within the first
five days of period 1 of the following cycle. Within 15 days thereafter,
the director of planning and the zoning commissioner shall publish a list-
ing of all such petitions, together with a map showing the locations of all
properties under petition, in two newspapers of general circulation in the
county for a period of at least two weeks. They also shall make such
listing and map available in the form of a press release and, for a period
of at least three weeks, shall publicly display a copy of such listing and
map in the county office building or other appropriate place for public
inspection.

(i) In any case where the planning board certifies to the county
council that early action upon a zoning reclassification petition is mani-
festly required in the public interest or because of emergency, and the
county council by an affirmative vote approves said certification, such peti-
tion shall be exempted from the regular, cyclical procedure of subsections
(c) [,] through (h), above, and also from the suspension of reclassifica-
tion-petition filing required under Section 22-22.1. For any such peti-
tion and for any petition received for filing on or before May i 5, 1970,
SAID PETITION SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE JOINT ZONING
ADVISORY COMMITTEE (as established by the County Administrative
Officer in 1963) FOR CONSIDERATION AND, AFTER ACCEPTANCE
FOR FILING OF SAID PETITION BY THE JOINT ZONING ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE, the zoning commissioner shall schedule a public
hearing for a date not less than 30 nor more than 90 days after the filing
date SAID ACCEPTANCE FOR FILING, or after the county council's
approval of the board's certification in cases where the board has so acted.
For a period of at least fifteen days prior to the time of such hearing,
notice of the time and place of the hearing relating to the property under
petition shall be conspicuously posted thereon and shall be given in at
least two newspapers of general circulation in the county. Such notice
shall describe the property under petition and the action requested therein.
Upon establishing a hearing date for such a petition, the zoning commis-
sioner shall promptly forward a copy of the petition to the director of
planning (or his deputy) for consideration and written report thereon
containing his findings thereon with regard to planning factors.

Section 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 22-22.1
of the Baltimore County Code 1968 (1969 Cumulative Supplement) title
"Planning, Zoning and Subdivision Control", Article III, Zoning, be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

Section 22-22.1. Suspension of reclassification-petition filing during prep-
aration of new or revised zoning map.

[During the period from April 16, 1972 through June 30, 1973, and
during any like period beginning on April 16th of 1976 and every fourth
year thereafter, no] No reclassification petitions other than those exempted
under subsection (i) of section 22-22 shall be accepted RECEIVED for
filing by the zoning commissioner[.] during the following periods of time:

May 1 6, 1970 through March 31, 1971.

April 16, 1975 through October 15, 1976 and all like periods beginning on

April 16th of 1979 and every fourth year thereafter.