Ch. 492 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SALES, AS PROVIDED BY THE EXISTING LAW AT THE TIME OF THE
MAKING THEREOF, AND THE SAME PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE HAD IN
REFERENCE THERETO IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THIS CHAPTER HAD
NOT BEEN ENACTED.

CHAPTER 145
ZONING

145-1. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT PROCEDURES; CONDITIONS AND
LIMITATIONS.

A PETITION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP MAY BE
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND
GRANTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SUBJECT TO SUCH SPECIFIC
TERMS, CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS, TOGETHER
WITH PROVISIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT THEREOF, AS THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DEEM NECESSARY OR
ADVISABLE TO PREVENT ANY DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS TO THE USE OR
DEVELOPMENT OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES, THE GENERAL
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COUNTY. ANY ZONING MAP AMENDMENT
WHICH IS GRANTED UPON ANY TERMS, CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS AND
RESTRICTIONS UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE CALLED
A "CONDITIONAL ZONING MAP AMENDMENT" AND SHALL BE ENTERED
UPON THE ZONING MAP WITH THE WORD "CONDITIONAL" INSCRIBED
UPON THE PROPERTY SO ZONED, AND AN INDENTURE, CONTAINING A
SCHEDULE OF ANY SUCH TERMS, CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS AND
RESTRICTIONS AND A METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION OF THE
PROPERTY, SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AND
RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF CHARLES COUNTY,
MARYLAND. NO CONDITIONAL ZONING MAP AMENDMENT SHALL BE
GRANTED UNLESS WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE TERMS, CONDITIONS,
LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS IS OBTAINED FROM THE PETITIONER.
IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT SUCH TERMS, CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS
AND RESTRICTIONS WILL ADEQUATELY PREVENT DETRIMENTAL
EFFECT TO THE USE OR DEVELOPMENT OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES, THE
GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COUNTY, THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY AMEND THE
ZONING MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER. ALL SUCH
CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND
EFFECT SO LONG AS THE PROPERTY REMAINS SUBJECT TO THE
APPLICABLE ZONING. WHILE SUCH CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS
REMAIN IN EFFECT, THE PROPERTY SHALL BE PUT TO NO USE EXCEPT AS
PERMITTED BY THE SCHEDULE OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, AS
PERMITTED BY THE ORIGINAL ZONING CATEGORY APPLICABLE TO THE
PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE GRANTING OF THE CONDITIONAL MAP
AMENDMENT. THE SCHEDULE OF CONDITIONS SHALL BE ENFORCED IN
STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS SET FORTH
IN THE SCHEDULE, AND THE PROPERTY SHALL AUTOMATICALLY

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