THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     987

shall have overridden a recommendation of the Planning Board, the
action of such agency shall not become final until the Board of
County Commissioners shall by majority vote approve its action in
overriding the recommendation of the Planning Board.

456. The Planning Board shall have full power and authority to
make such investigations, maps, reports, and recommendations in
connection therewith, relating to the planning and physical develop-
ment of the County, as it deems desirable. The Planning Board shall
biennially prepare a 6-year capital improvement program for streets,
highways, water and sewer facilities storm drains, buildings, parks,
playgrounds, schools and other public facilities and structures. The
Planning Board shall use the facilities of the Department of Public
works and other County agencies for the collection of data and shall
receive the recommendations from all County departments concern-
ing their capital improvement needs before the 6-year Capital Im-
provement Program is prepared. The Planning Board shall consult
with the Department of Public Works, the Board of Education and
other using agencies before final action is taken on the 6-year Capital
Improvement Program. The 6-year capital program, after approval
by the Planning Board, shall be submitted to the County Commis-
sioners not later than March 1, 1956, and each even numbered year
thereafter. The Planning Board shall also submit not later than
March 1, 1956, and each even numbered year thereafter, recommen-
dations for the capital program for the following two years to the
County Commissioners.

457. The County Commissioners of Baltimore County may by
ordinance provide for the regulation of sub-divisions within the
County by requiring approval of all plats by the Planning Board and
the Department of Public Works before such plats may be filed
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for recording, and may authorize
and empower the Planning Board and the Department of Public
Works to review plats in accordance with sub-division regulations,
requirements and standards adopted by the County Commissioners
as hereinafter provided, and may further fix filing fees to be paid
for by any applicant for sub-division approval.

458. The Planning Board shall prepare regulations governing
the subdivision of land throughout Baltimore County, including but
not limited to standards for approving the design of subdivisions,
requirements for the submission of subdivision plats and the proce-
dure to be followed by subdividers. Such regulations may provide
for the proper arrangement of streets, in relation to other existing
planned streets and to the Master Plan, for adequate and convenient
open spaces for traffic, recreation, utilities, access of fire-fighting
apparatus, light and air, and for the avoidance of congestion of
population, including minimum widths and areas of lots. Such mini-
mums shall coincide with such provisions in the Zoning Regulations
for Baltimore County. These Subdivision Regulations may include
provisions as to the extent to which streets and other ways, water,
sewer and drain pipes and other public facilities shall be provided
for, as a condition precedent to approval of the plat. Such Regula-
tions may provide for tentative a/pproval of the plat, but any such
tentative approval shall be revocable. The Subdivision Regulations
shall be adopted, with amendments if any, and may from time to
time thereafter be amended by the Board of County Commissioners