1222 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 424

the applicant for the Planning Commissioner's approval may
waive this requirement and consent for an extension of such
period. The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated
upon the records of the Planning Commission. Every plat ap-
proved by the Planning Commission shall by virtue of such
approval, be deemed to be an amendment of or an addition to
or a detail of the county plan and a part thereof. Approval of
a plat shall not be deemed to constitute or effect an acceptance
by the public of any street or other open space shown upon the
plat. The Planning Commission may, from time to time, recom-
mend to said County Commissioners amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance or map or additions thereto to conform to the Com-
mission's recomendations for the zoning regulations of the
territory comprised within approved subdivisions. The Com-
mission shall have the power to agree with applicant upon use,
height, area or bulk requirements or restrictions governing
buildings and premises within the subdivision, provided such
requirements or restrictions do not authorize the violation of
the then effective zoning ordinance of Howard County. Such
requirements or restrictions shall be stated upon the plat prior
to the approval and recording thereof and shall have the same
force of law and be enforceable in the same manner and with
the same sanctions and penalties and subject to the same power
of amendment or repeal as though set out as a part of the zon-
ing ordinance or map of Howard County.

230L. Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any
land located within a subdivision, transfers or sells or agrees
to sell or negotiate to sell any land by reference to, or exhibi-
tion of, or by other use, of a plat of a subdivision, before such
plat has been approved by the Planning Commission and re-
corded, or filed, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Howard County, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of One
Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) for each lot or parcel so trans-
ferred, or sold, or agreed, or negotiated to be sold; and the
description of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the
instrument of transfer or other document used in the process
of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from
such penalties or from. the remedies herein provided. The
Board of County Commissioners of Howard County may en-
join such transfer or sale or agreement by action for injunction
brought in any court of equity jurisdiction or may recover the
said penalty by civil action in any court of competent jurisdic-
tion.

230M. A county clerk who files or records a plat of a sub-
division without the approval of the Planning Commission as
required by law shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and