1338 LAWS OF MAEYLAND. [CH. 599

county. When such regulations are adopted by the coun-
cil, a copy thereof shall be certified by the Commission to
the county clerk of the county in which the municipality
and territory are located, for record.

SEC. 18. PROCEDURE, LEGAL EFFECT OF APPROVAL OF
PLAT. The planning and Zoning Commission shall approve
or disapprove a plat within thirty (30) days after the sub-
mission thereof to it; otherwise such plat shall be deemed
to have been approved, and a certificate to that effect shall
be issued by the Commission on demand. Provided, how-
ever, that the applicant for the Commission's approval may
waive this requirement and consent to an extension of such
period. The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be
stated upon the records of the Commission. Every plat
approved by the Commission shall by virtue of such ap-
proval, be deemed to be an amendment of or an addition to
or a detail of the municipal plan and a part thereof. Ap-
proval of a plat shall not be deemed to constitute or effect
an acceptance by the public of any street or other open
space shown upon the plat. The Planning Commission
may, from time to time, recommend to council amend-
ments of the zoning ordinance or map or additions there-
to to conform to the Commission's recommendations for
the zoning regulation of the territory comprised within
approved subdivisions. The Commission shall have the
power to agree with applicant upon use, height, area or
bulk requirements or restrictions governing buildings and
premises within the subdivision, provided such require-
ments or restrictions do not authorize the violation of the
then effective zoning ordinance of the municipality. Such
requirements or restrictions shall be stated upon the plat
prior to the approval and recording thereof and shall have
the same force of law and be enforceable in the same man-
ner and with the same sanctions and penalties and subject
to the same power of amendment or repeal as though set
out as a part of the' zoning ordinance or map of the mu-
nicipality.

SEC. 19. PENALTIES FOR TRANSFERRING LOTS IN UNAP-
PROVED SUBDIVISIONS. Whoever, being the owner or agent
of the owner of any land located within a subdivision,
transfers or sells or agrees to sell or negotiate to sell any
land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of a
plat of a subdivision, before such plat has been approved
by the Planning and Zoning Commission and recorded or
filed in the office of the appripriate county clerk, shall for-