WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 246

County to be public nuisances; providing for the inspection of residential
property; authorizing the Director of the Department of Planning and Zoning
defining certain terms; authorizing the Charles County Commissioners or their
designee to determine certain conditions on residential property to be public
nuisances; providing for complaints, hearings, notices, and conduct of hearings;
providing for the abatement of certain nuisances in Charles County; requiring
certain notices; requiring the owners or lessee of certain residential property to
take certain actions within certain time periods; providing for appeals in certain
time periods; requiring the owners or lessee of certain residential property to pay
certain costs under certain conditions; providing for the collection of costs
incurred by Charles County; and generally relating to the abatement of nuisances
on residential property in Charles County.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Charles County

Section 85-1 through 85-6, inclusive, to be under the new chapter "Chapter 85.
Nuisances; Public Health"

Article 9 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter __(0lr0990) of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1990)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 9 - Charles County

CHAPTER 85. NUISANCES; PUBLIC HEALTH

85-1.

(A) IN THIS CHAPTER, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B) "OWNER" MEANS THE PERSON VESTED WITH LEGAL TITLE TO
THE PROPERTY OR THE LESSEE.

(C) (1) "RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY" MEANS;

(I) A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AND DEVELOPED LOT
CONTAINING A MAXIMUM OF 2 ACRES-;

(II) ANY PROPERTY THAT HAS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE 1974 CHARLES COUNTY
ZONING ORDINANCE:

2. R-30;

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