334                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 272

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 construction and installation of such improvements or utilities
at a time and according to specifications fixed by or in accordance
with the regulations 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 con-
struction 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.

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 intelli-
gence 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] weekly or
daily newspaper printed and published and in general circulation in
such city and county. When such regulations are adopted by the
council, a copy thereof shall be certified by the commission to the
county clerk of the county in which the municipality and territory
are located for record.

27.

The planning and zoning commission shall approve or disapprove
a [plat] final plat, if all subdivision regulations have been complied
with, within thirty (30) days after the submission thereof to it;
otherwise such plat shall be deemed to have been approved, and a
certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on
demand. Provided, however, that the applicant for the commission's
approval may waive this requirement and consent to an extension
of such period. The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated
upon the records of the commission. Every plat approved by the
commission shall by virtue of such approval, be deemed to be an
amendment of or an addition to or a detail of the municipal plan
and a part thereof. Approval of a plat shall not be deemed to con-
stitute or effect an acceptance by the public of any street or other
open space shown upon the plat. The planning commission may, from
time to time, recommend to council amendments of the zoning ordi-
nance or map or additions thereto to conform to the commission's
recommendations for the zoning regulation of the territory com-
prised within approved subdivisions. The commission shall have the
power to agree with applicant upon use, height, area or bulk require-
ments or restrictions governing buildings and premises within the