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Maryland Manual, 1967-68
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228 MARYLAND MANUAL
miles, respectively. The 1967 estimated population of the entire
Regional District is just over 1,000,000.
The 1967-1968 estimated taxable basis of the Montgomery County
portion of the Regional District is $2,330,000,000 and the Metropoli-
tan District is $2,330,000,000. The 1967-1968 estimated taxable basis
of the Prince George's County portion of the Regional District is
$2,030,000,000 and the Metropolitan District is $1,920,000,000.
The Commission has been given, through bi-county enactments of
the Maryland General Assembly, definite jurisdiction over the regional
planning of the Maryland-Washington Regional District, which includes
all of Montgomery County and Prince George's County, excepting
certain incorporated communities which retain their own planning ana
zoning authority.
The Commission is composed of ten members, five of whom must
be residents of Montgomery County and five of whom must be resi-
dents of Prince George's County. Not more than three members from
each county may be members of the same political party, and at least
one member from each county must be a resident of the predomi-
nately agricultural portion of the county. Montgomery County mem-
bers of the Commission are appointed by the County Council. Prince
George's County members are appointed by the Prince George's
County Board of County Commissioners. Appointments to the Com-
mission are for four-year terms. Vacancies are filled in the same
manner as appointments and for the unexpired term. The respective
appointing authorities may at their discretion designate a member of
the Commission from each county to serve on a full-time basis, and
in so doing may designate the full-time members as chairman of their
respective planning boards. The Commission then elects one of these
full-time members as chairman of the full Commission and the other
as vice chairman.
The five members from each county constitute the County Planning
Board. The Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the Commission also
act as Chairmen, respectively, of their County Planning Boards. The
Commission appoints its Executive Director, Secretary-Treasurer,
General Counsel, Director of Planning, Director of Parks, and a
Director of Public Relations and may appoint a Director of Land
Acquisition as well as such other staff members as may be necessary.
It maintains regional offices in both counties.
Within the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District, the Com-
mission is empowered to acquire, develop, maintain, and operate a
park system with recreational facilities, the expense of which, in-
cluding debt service, is paid from a separate park tax levied within
the District. The Commission is authorized to cooperate and nego-
tiate with Federal agencies for financial assistance and with other
agencies in the park development program.
Within the Maryland-Washington Regional District, which includes
and extends beyond the Metropolitan District, the Commission is em-
powered to make, adopt, and amend a general plan for the physical
development of the District which takes into account all factors of
urban, suburban, rural, and regional planning. The Commission pre-
pares plans and specifications for the construction of public works
improvements and facilities. The two County Planning Boards have
exclusive subdivision control, power and jurisdiction over street grades
and locations, public buildings and utilities, and after the adoption of
a Master Plan of Highways, over street naming and house numbering.
The Planning Boards have advisory zoning powers, but the zoning
ordinances and amendments are enacted by the County Council of
Montgomery County and the Board of County Commissioners of
Prince George's County sitting as a District Council for that portion
of the District within each County. Through the County Planning

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