J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1513

WHARVES, PARKS, FORESTS, SQUARES, AVIATION FIELDS,
AIRWAYS, SUBWAYS, WILDLIFE REFUGES, OPEN DE-
VELOPMENT AREAS AND OTHER WAYS, GROUNDS AND
OPEN SPACES; (2) THE GENERAL LOCATION OF PUBLIC,
INCLUDING FEDERAL, BUILDINGS AND OTHER PUBLIC
PROPERTIES; (3) THE GENERAL LOCATION AND EX-
TENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TERMINALS, WHETHER
PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OWNED OR OPERATED, FOR
LIGHT, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, POWER, AND
OTHER PURPOSES; (4) THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOP-
MENT OF FORESTS AND NATURAL SCENERY; (5) THE
GENERAL LOCATION AND EXTENT OF HOUSING AND COM-
MUNITY PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS; AND (6) A ZON-
ING PLAN FOR THE REGULATION OF THE HEIGHT, AREA,
BULK, LOCATION, AND USES OF BUILDINGS AND THE USES
OF LAND, AND OTHER FACTORS URBAN, SUBURBAN,
RURAL, AND REGIONAL PLANNING. FURTHER, THE COM-
MISSION MAY INCLUDE IN SAID PLAN, OR PART THEREOF,
AND SHALL MAY SO DESIGNATE, ANY LAND OR AREA OF
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY WHICH SHALL HAVE BEEN
DESIGNATED AS AN "URBAN RENEWAL AREA" BY THE
COMMISSION AND BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY OR BY THE GOVERNING
BODY OF ANY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY AND UNDER THE AUTHORITY GRANTED
TO SUCH COMMISSIONERS OR BODY BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY; IN AN AREA SO DESIGNATED, AND INCLUDED
IN SAID PLAN OR PART THEREOF, THE COMMISSION
SHALL MAY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES HEREIN-
AFTER PROVIDED FOR, INDICATE THAT SAID LAND OR
AREA IS RESERVED FOR URBAN RENEWAL PURPOSES,
AND, FURTHER, THE COMMISSION MAY INDICATE A
SPECIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR SAID LAND OR
AREA, IF APPLICABLE. THE COMMISSION SHALL THEN
RECOMMEND TO THE DISTRICT COUNCIL AN APPRO-
PRIATE CLASSIFICATION. HOWEVER, IF THE GOVERNING
BODY SO DESIGNATING SUCH LAND OR AREA AS AN
URBAN RENEWAL AREA FAILS TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL
PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS FOR SUCH RE-
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ONE (1) CALENDAR YEAR, OR
FAILS TO COMPLETE AND ADOPT A PLAN OF REDEVELOP-
MENT FOR SAID AREA WITHIN TWO (2) CALENDAR YEARS
OF THE DATE OF SUCH DESIGNATION, SAID LAND OR
AREA SHALL NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED TO BE RESERVED
FOR URBAN RENEWAL PURPOSES.

(b) Adoption; procedure. As the work of making the general
plan progresses, the commission, from time to time, may adopt a part
or parts thereof, any such part to cover one or more sections of the
Regional District or one or more of the aforesaid or other functional
subjects-matter to be included in the plan. Before adopting the
plan or any part thereof or any extension or amendment thereof or
addition thereto, the commission shall hold [at least one] a public
hearing thereon, thirty (30) days' notice of the time and place of
which shall be given by at least one publication in a newspaper or
newspapers of general circulation in the Regional District. Before
the commission may approve a general plan containing any provision