676 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 388

new sections to Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition)., title "Anne Arundel County",
sub-title ''Zoning", said new sections to be known as Sec-
tions 516 to 522, inclusive, and to follow immediately after
Section 515 of said Article, authorizing and empowering
the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County to
control within said county, in accordance with a compre-
hensive plan of zoning restrictions, the repair, alteration
and construction of buildings and the occupancy of land
and buildings by regulating, of buildings their bulk and,
of land and buildings, their use for residential, commercial,
industrial and other purposes; authorizing and empower-
ing the said County Commissioners to provide for a Zon-
ing Commissioner and a Board of Zoning Appeals; provid-
ing for appeals to the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel
County; and providing penalties for the violation of regu-
lations.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Chapter 551 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland, 1943, be and the same is hereby repealed, and
that seven new sections be and the same are hereby added
to Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Anne Arundel County", sub-title
"Zoning", said new sections to be known as Sections 516 to
522, inclusive, to follow immediately after Section 515 of
said Article, and to read as follows:

ZONING

516. For the purposes of promoting the general welfare
of the county; of improving health; of enhancing safety from
fire, panic and other dangers; of reducing traffic congestion;
of providing adequate light and air; of preventing the over-
crowding of land and the undue concentration of population
and of abetting provision of schools, parks and public facili-
ties, the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County are
hereby empowered and authorized to control, within said
county, the repair, alteration and construction of buildings
and structures and the occupancy of land, building and
structures by regulating the density of population; by regu-
lating, of buildings and structures, their location, minimum
frontages, bulk or size, heights, and uses for agricultural,
residential, commercial, industrial, recreational and other
purposes and by regulating, of land, the uses for agricul-
ture, residential, commercial, industrial, recreational and
other purposes, the depths of lots, the areas of lots, the
building line on lots, the percentages of lots occupied, and
the size of yards and courts.