1260                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 780

idence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, or other purposes. No
regulation shall prohibit the use of any land by the owner of such
land or his tenant for farming or other agricultural uses exclusively.
The County Council and the Board of County Commissioners are
individually designated, for the purposes of this section and sections
76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 86 and 98 of this sub-title, as District Coun-
cil. Not less than three members of a District Council shall con-
stitute a quorum.

76.    Zoning Plans.

(a) Powers of County Council and County Commissioners.—When-
ever the Commission makes, adopts, and certifies to the County
Council of Montgomery County or the County Commissioners of
Prince George's County a zoning plan of the Regional District, in-
cluding the recommendations of the Commission for the regulation
by districts or zones, of (1) the location, height, bulk and size of
buildings and other structures, building lines, minimum frontages,
depths and areas of lots, percentages of lots which may be occupied;
(2) the sizes of lots, courts, and other open spaces; (3) the erection
of temporary stands and structures; (4) the density and distribu-
tion of population; (5) the location and uses of buildings and struc-
tures for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, public
activities, or other purposes; and (6) the uses of land for trade,
industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, or other pur-
poses, then the County Council or the County Commissioners may
each exercise the powers granted it in Section 75 of this sub-title.
For the purposes of such exercise of power, the County Council or
County Commissioners may divide the portion of the Regional Dis-
trict lying within its county into districts or zones of such number,
shape or area as it may determine. Within such districts the Coun-
ty Council or County Commissioners may regulate the erection,
construction, reconstruction, alteration, and uses of buildings and
structures and the uses of land or premises. All such regulations
shall be uniform for each class or kind of building throughout any
district or zone, but the regulations in one district or zone may differ
from those in any other district or zone.

(b)  Hearings.—Before adopting and certifying its zoning plan,
the Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which
shall be published at least fifteen (15) days before the date of the
hearing in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the
two counties. The notice shall contain the time and place of the
meeting and shall specify the place and times at which the pro-
posed text and maps may be examined.

77.    Effect of Zoning Regulations.

Any such regulation imposing a lower height limitation, less per-
centage of lot occupancy, wider or larger courts, deeper yards, or
other more strict limitations than those provided by State, county,
municipal, or other local regulations, shall prevail within the area for
which it is imposed over the limitations provided by State, county,
municipal, or other local regulations.

78.    Amendments to Zoning Regulations.

(a) Authorized; procedure.—Each District Council may from