HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1497

be occupied, the sizes of yards, courts and other open spaces,
the erection of temporary stands and structures, the density
and distribution of population, the uses of buildings and
structures for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agricul-
ture, public activities or other purposes, and the uses of land
for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry
or other purposes. No regulation shall prohibit the use of
any land by the owner of such land or his tenant for farm-
ing or other agricultural uses exclusively. Each of said
Boards of County Commissioners is hereby designated, for
the purpose of this Section and Sections 17 to 25 inclusive of
this Act as District Council. Not less than three members
of a District Council shall constitute a quorum.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Com-
mission makes, adopts, and certifies to the Board of County
Commissioners of Montgomery or Prince George's County a
zoning plan of the District, including the recommendations
of the Commission for the regulation by districts or zones
of the location, height, bulk, and size of buildings and
other structures, building lines, minimum frontages, depths
and areas of lots, percentages of lots which may be
occupied, sizes of lots, courts and other open spaces, erection
of temporary stands and structures, density and distribution
of population, location and uses of buildings and structures
for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, public
activities or other purposes, and the uses of land for trade,
industry residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry or other
purposes, then said Board of County Commissioners of Mont-
gomery County or said Board of County Commissioners of
Prince George's County may exercise the powers granted to
it in Section 16 of this Act, and for the purposes of such
exercise divide the portion of the District lying within
its County into districts or zones of such number, shape, or
area as it may determine, and within such districts may
regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration
and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land or
premises. All such regulations shall be uniform for each
class or kind of building throughout any district or zone,
but the regulations in one district or zone may differ from
those in any other district or zone.

Before adopting and certifying its zoning plan, the Com-
mission shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which
shall be published at least fifteen days before the date of the
hearing in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation
in said two counties, which notice shall contain the time and
place of the meeting and shall specify the place and times at
which the proposed text and maps may be examined.