1764 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1012

part thereof, designated in accordance with the provisions of
this paragraph as an appropriate area for redevelopment in
accordance with an approved Redevelopment Plan. The term
"Redevelopment Plan" means a plan for the redevelopment of
an entire Redevelopment Area, including amendments thereto,
and shall include, among other things, a site and use plan for
the redevelopment of the area, showing the approximate loca-
tions and extents of all proposed land uses and all proposed
improvements, public and private, and specifications of stand-
ards of population density and shall be within the limits of all
applicable Master Plans and Detailed Plans, zoning laws and
building and health codes for Baltimore City. The term "pro-
ject area" means a tract of land of at least eight acres, forming
the whole or a part of a Redevelopment Area and acquired by
the Baltimore Redevelopment Commission for redevelopment.

(b) The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may, by
passage of a resolution by the City Council of Baltimore that
there is need for the establishment of such a Commission in the
City of Baltimore, create a public corporation for Baltimore
City, said corporation to be known as the "Baltimore Rede-
velopment Commission" (hereafter referred to as "Commis-
sion"), to be composed of five persons to be appointed by the
Mayor of the City, for terms of five years, but of those first
appointed, one shall be for a term of one year, one for a term
of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of
four years, and one for a term of five years. One of said per-
sons shall be designated by the Mayor as Chairman of said
Commission. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of
five years each and all vacancies shall be filled by appointment
by the Mayor for the unexpired term. Three of the persons so
appointed shall have had at least five years of professional or
vocational activity in work relating to urban land use, archi-
tecture, development engineering, city planning, land develop-
ment, mortgage financing, or real estate, and the other two
shall be representative citizens who are interested in com-
munity and civic affairs. The members of said Commission
shall serve without compensation, but it may appoint an execu-
tive-secretary to conduct the administrative details of its work
and such other assistants and employees as may be necessary
to perform the duties imposed upon said Commission all of
whom, including the Executive Secretary, shall be appointed
under the rules and regulations of the City Service Commis-
sion. Sufficient funds may be appropriated by the city to pay
the compensation of such employees and the other expenses of
the Commission. The Mayor and City Council may advance
to and appropriate for the use of the Commission such other
funds as are needed to carry out the purpose of this Paragraph.

(c) Upon creation of the Baltimore Redevelopment Commis-
sion as provided, by this Paragraph, the Commission on City