THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1565

thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have
an opportunity to be heard. At least fifteen days' notice
of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in
an official paper, or a paper of general circulation, in such
municipality and, in case of the change in boundary or
boundaries of any zoning district, a similar notice shall be
posted such place or places as the respective zoning au-
thorities shall designate within the zone proposed to be
changed, and notice of the proposed change shall be sent by
first class United States Mail to the person or persons whose
name last appeared among the tax records of such munici-
pality as the owner of the property proposed to be changed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Article 66B,
Section 5, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (Flack's
1951 Edition), title "Zoning and Planning", sub-title
"Changes", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

5. (Changes. ) Such regulation, restrictions and bound-
aries may from time to time be amended, supplemented,
changed, modified, or repealed. In case, however, of a pro-
test against such change, signed by the owners of twenty
per cent (20%) or more either of the area of the lots in-
cluded in such proposed change, or of those immediately
adjacent to the rear, or to either side, thereof extending
one hundred (100) feet therefrom, or of those directly op-
posite thereto extending one hundred (100) feet from the
street frontage of such opposite lots, such amendment shall
not become effective except by the favorable vote of three-
fourths of all the members of the legislative body of such
municipality. The provisions of Section 4 relative to public
hearings and official notice shall apply equally to all changes
or amendments. The legislative body shall refer proposed
changes to the district boundary lines to the City or Town
Planning Commission OR, AND THE BOARD OF ZONING
APPEALS, where such a Commission OR BOARD exists,
and such Commission AND BOARD shall study the pro-
posed changes with respect to the Master Plan of Zoning,
the needs of the City or incorporated town and the needs
of the particular neighborhood in the vicinity of the pro-
posed changes, and shall report to the legislative body its
findings and recommendations. Where the City or Town
Planning Commission AND BOARD recommends disap-
proval of the proposed changes, it shall require a favorable
vote of three fourths A MAJORITY of all the members
of the legislative body before such changes in the district
boundary lines shall become effective.