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ters; (7) the distribution and density of population; (8) other ele-
ments of County growth and development. The Master Plan may
include in its scope areas outside the boundaries of the County which
the Planning Board deems to bear an essential relation to the plan-
ning of the County. The studies in connection with the Master Plan
shall be conducted, wherever feasible and appropriate, with the
cooperation of adjacent planning agencies.

451.    In the preparation of the Master Plan, the Planning Board
shall give due consideration to the probable ability of the County to
carry out, over a period of years, the various public or quasi-public
projects embraced in the plan without the imposition of unreasonable
financial burdens. In such preparation, the Planning Board shall
cause to be made careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of
present conditions and the prospects for future growth of the
County.

452.    The Master Plan shall be made with the general purpose of
guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious
development of the County and its environs which will, in accord-
ance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety,
morals, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, as well
as efficiency and economy in the process of development, and the
maintenance of property values previously established. To such end
the Master Plan shall also include adequate provision for traffic and
recreation, the promotion of safety from fire and other dangers,
adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of good civic
design and arrangements, the wise and efficient expenditure of public
funds, and adequate provision for public utilities and other public
requirements.

453.    Whenever the Planning Board, after public hearings, shall
have adopted any portion of the Master Plan, the governing body
or other public agency having jurisdiction over the subject matter
of such portion of the Master Plan, before taking action necessitat-
ing the expenditure of any public funds incidental to the location,
character or extent of one or more projects thereof, shall refer
action involving such specific project or projects to the Planning
Board for review and recommendation, and shall not act thereon
without such recommendation or until 45 days after such reference

shall have elapsed without such recommendation. This requirement
shall apply to action by a housing, parking, highway, or other author-
ity, redevelopment agency, school board, or other similar public
agency, Federal, State, or County.

454.    The County Commissioners of Baltimore County may by
resolution provide for the reference of any other matter or class of
matters to the Planning Board for review and recommendation,
before final action is taken thereon and with or without provision
that final action thereon shall not be taken until the Planning Board
has submitted its report, or until a specified period of time has
elapsed without such report having been made.

455.    Whenever the Planning Board, pursuant to this sub-head-
ing shall have made a recommendation to another official County
agency, such recommendation may be overridden only by a two-thirds
vote of the full membership of such other agency. Where the agency