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ally and elect a chairman and a vice-chairman. They shall act by resolu-
tion in which two members must concur. The compensation of members
shall be fixed by the respective Boards of County Commissioners of said
two counties and said County Commissioners may provide said boards of
zoning appeals with such executive and clerical assistance as may be
deemed necessary. The respective boards of County Commissioners are
hereby authorized to levy annually on all the assessable property within
that portion of the District within their Counties an amount sufficient to
pay the compensation and expenses of the boards of zoning appeals and
their necessary executive and clerical assistance. The boards of zoning
appeals shall adopt, from time to time, such rules and regulations as they
may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the regulations
enacted by the respective District Councils and all their resolutions, orders
and decisions shall be in accordance therewith.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 25. 1929, ch. 286, sec. 25.

609. No building or other structure shall be erected in the District
without the issuance of a building permit and no such permit shall be
given except in conformity with the zoning ordinances enacted by the re-
spective District Councils. Before construction shall begin all building
permits shall be approved as to zoning requirements by this Commission.
The beginning of any construction whatsoever of a building or other struc-
ture within the District without securing the approval of the building per-
mit by this Commission as herein provided, is hereby declared a misde-
meanor and punishable as other misdemeanors are punishable under Sec-
tion 602 of this subtitle. In any part of the District in which there does
not now exist provision of law or ordinance designating an administrative
official by whom building permits are to be issued, the District Councils
shall designate such official.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 26.

610. The boards of zoning appeals shall within ten days after the filing
thereof determine appeals from any refusal of a building permit where
such refusal is for non-compliance with the provisions of the zoning regu-
lations enacted by the District Council.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 27.

611. In passing upon appeals, the boards of zoning appeals shall have
full powers (a) to permit a non-conforming use as an incidental accessory
to a conforming principal use on the same lot, subject to such conditions
as will safeguard the health morals safety or welfare; (b) where the
strict application of any provision of the zoning regulations as to height
and area of buildings and other structures would result in undue hard-
ship upon the owner of specific property, or where there is reasonable
doubt as to any provision of said regulations or the maps as applied to
such property, to modify such strict application or to interpret the mean-
Ing of said regulations so as to relieve such hardship.