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of to the Commission. The Commission shall place the road
lines thus ordered by the District Council upon the official
map and they shall become a part thereof.

The placing of any road or road line upon the official map
shall not in and of itself constitute or be deemed to consti-
tute the opening or establishment of any road or the taking
or acceptance of any land for road purposes.

SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That the Commission
is empowered, in pursuance of the development and carrying
out of its general plan, to make from time to time surveys for
the exact location of the lines of future roads, road reloca-
tions, road extensions, road widenings or narrowings in the
District or any portion thereof, and to make plats of the
areas thus surveyed showing the Commission's recommenda-
tions for the exact locations of such future road lines.

SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That from and after the
time at which the official map shall be in effect as provided
in Section 24 of this Act, no permit for the erection of any
building within the District shall be issued unless the road
giving¹ access to the lot upon which said building is proposed
to be located shall have been duly placed on the official map.

SEC. 27. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor, Coun-
selor and Aldermen of Annapolis or the council or other gov-
erning body of any other municipality within the District or
the County Commissioners of the County or any State, county,
district, municipal or local board, body or official authorized
by law to accept, construct, establish, lay out, open, improve,
grade, pave, curb or light or lay or to authorize or construct
water mains or sewers or other utilities or facilities or con-
nections in, on, over or under any road in the District shall
not accept, construct, establish, lay out, open, improve, grade,
pave, curb or light any such road within the District or lay,
construct or authorize any water mains or sewers or other
utilities or facilities or connections to be laid in any road
within the District unless and until such road shall have been
duly placed on the official map.

SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That no building or part
thereof shall be constructed between the lines of any road
as shown upon the official map; provided, however, that the
Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the power, upon an appeal
filed with it by the owner of any such land, by a vote of a
majority of its members, to grant a permit for a building or
part thereof within such mapped street location in any case
in which such board finds, upon the evidence and arguments
presented to it upon such appeal (a) that the entire property

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