HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1533

CHAPTER 877.
(Senate Bill 503)

AN ACT to add a new Section to Article 3 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930), title "Baltimore
County, " sub-title "Building Regulations", to follow Sec-
tion 72B, as enacted by Chapter 247 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, Session of 1941, and to
be known as Section 72C, authorizing and empowering
the County Commissioners of Baltimore County to make
special exceptions to the provisions of Zoning Regulations
and providing for special permits for certain uses under
the Zoning Regulations of said County.

SECTION 1. B e it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section be added to Article 3 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930), title "Baltimore
County, " sub-title "Building Regulations, " to follow 72B,
as enacted by Chapter 247 of the Acts of the General As-
sembly of Maryland, Session of 1941, to be known as Sec-
tion 72C, and to read as follows:

72 C. In addition to the power and authority granted to
the County Commissioners of Baltimore County by the
preceding section, said County Commissioners may in its
Zoning Regulations, provide that the Zoning Commissioner
may, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate prin-
ciples, standards, rules, conditions and safeguards set forth
in the Regulations, make special exceptions to the pro-
visions of the Zoning Regulations in harmony with their
general purposes and intent, and in cases where the in-
herent character of the use requires that it be carried on
in a district or area to which it does not conform, or where
the use has a peculiar tendency to impair the health, safety
and morals of the public, the County Commissioners shall,
in its Zoning Regulations, require a special permit from
the Zoning Commissioner for such use, provided that the
issuance of such special permits shall be subject to appro-
priate principles, standards, rules, conditions and safe-
guards set forth in the regulations, and that all decisions
of the Zoning Commissioners with respect to such special
permits, shall be subject to appeal to the Board of Zoning
Appeals.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in the event
that any part of this Act should be found to be invalid by
any Court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts
of the Act shall continue in full force and effect.