1084                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 719

of land within its jurisdiction. 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 traffics, utilities, access of fire-fighting apparatus, recrea-
tion, light and air, and for the avoidance of congestion of population,
including minimum width and area of lots.

Such regulations may include provision as to the extent to which
streets and other ways shall be graded and improved and to which
water and sewer and other utility mains, piping, or other facilities
shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of the plat.
The regulations or practice of the commission may provide for a
tentative approval of the plat previous to such installation; but any
such tentative approval shall be revocable and shall not be entered on
the plat. In lieu of the completion of such improvements and utilities
prior to the final approval of the plat, the commission may accept
a bond with surety to secure to the municipality the actual construc-
tion and installation of such improvements or utilities at a time and
according to specifications fixed by or in accordance with the regu-
lations of the commission. The municipality is hereby granted the
power to enforce such bond by all appropriate legal and equitable
remedies.

In Anne Arundel County, the commission may accept a cash pay-
ment from the developer or contractor in lieu of the actual construc-
tion and installation of ALL OR ANY PART OF such improvements
or utilities. , WHICH CASH PAYMENT SHALL THEREAFTER
BE USED BY THE COUNTY, FROM TIME TO TIME, ONLY
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF SUCH
UTILITIES, FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS. In Anne
Arundel County, in addition to the other utilities, facilities and im-

provements set forth herein, the commission shall have the right to

require the developer or owner to see to the off site drainage neces-

sary to the proper development of the area surrounding the proposed
subdivision.

Before any regulations shall be submitted to council for adoption
a public hearing shall be held thereon and all such regulations, or,
if in the opinion of the commission it is best, a brief synopsis of such
regulations, sufficient to inform a person of ordinary intelligence of
the nature and contents of such regulations, together with the time
and place of such public hearing, shall be published once or more,
if the commission deems best, in a newspaper published and in gen-
eral circulation in such city and county. When such regulations are
adopted by the council, a copy thereof shall be certified by the com-
mission to the county clerk of the county in which the municipality
and territory are located, for record.

26A. In Anne Arundel County, in addition to the regulations pro-

vided for in Section 26, the planning commission shall require the

subdivision or owners to make an outright dedication to the county

for park and recreation purposes a minimum of five (5) per cent of

the gross area of the proposed subdivision. The area dedicated shall

depend on the type of subdivision proposed, and the anticipated

density of population in the subdivision. In the event that the sub-

division is too small or does not include a park area, the owner shall
pay to the County a sum equal to the value of the land which would

have been dedicated. The aforementioned value shall be the value