764 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 383

of aircraft while using public Airports or Landing Fields
used for public purposes; and, in accordance with such plan,
to regulate and restrict the height of buildings and other
structures in the vicinity of public Airports and Landing
Fields used for public purposes within the limits and area
herein prescribed; to provide for placing and maintaining
obstruction markers and/or lights upon buildings and other
structures within said area for the purpose of rendering
aerial navigation to and from such Airports and Landing
Fields safe; to provide for the administration and enforce-
ment of said regulations and restrictions; to impose certain
duties and confer certain powers upon the State Aviation
Commission, including powers of condemnation in certain
cases.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That nine new sections be and the same are hereby add-
ed to Article 1A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "Aeronautics", to form a new sub-title
"Airport Zoning", said new sections to be numbered Section 51
to Section 59, inclusive, and to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 50 of said Article, and to read as follows:

AIRPORT ZONING.

51. That for the purpose of securing safety from death or
bodily injury for "Aeronauts" and "Passengers", as defined in
Article 1A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, from danger-
ous obstruction of air space in the vicinity of public Airports
or Landing Fields, as authorized and provided for in said Ar-
ticle 1A; and to promote the public order, health and safety by
providing unobstructed air space for the safe descent, landing,
ascent and operation of aircraft while using such public Air-
ports or Landing Fields, the height of buildings and other
structures in the vicinity of such public Airports and Land-
ing Fields is regulated and restricted as hereinafter provided.

52. SAFETY ZONE. For the purposes set forth in Section
51, and considering, among other things—

(a) Requirements and facilities necessary to secure the
safe descent, landing, ascent and operation of aircraft
using public Airports and Landing Fields within this State,
as authorized and provided for in Article 1A of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland;

(b) Hazards from the obstruction of air space in the
vicinity of such Airports or Landing Fields;

(c) The relation of the height of buildings and other
structures in the vicinity of such Airports or Landing Fields
to such hazards;