662                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 307

land, 1965; being subparagraph 75, heading "Zoning Powers of
District Councils Generally"; to make correction of errors therein
and to provide that no regulation shall prohibit the use of any land
at a level below five hundred (500) feet from the surface of the
earth for the purpose of storing natural or artificial gas within a
certain area of Prince George's County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland.
That Section 75 of Chapter 780 of the Laws of Maryland, 1959, title
"Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission," subtitle
"Regional District," being Section 59-80 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County (1963 Edition) and Section 70-86
of the Montgomery County Code (1965 Edition) being Articles 17
and 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, respectively,
as the same was last amended by Chapter 449 of the Laws of Mary-
land, 1965, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

75. (59-80) (70-86) Zoning Powers of District Councils Generally.

The county council of Montgomery County and the board of county
commissioners of Prince George's County are respectively empow-
ered, in accordance with the conditions and procedures specified in
this subtitle [sections 72-82, 72-83, 72-84, 72-87, 72-88, 72-90, 72-91,
72-93 and 72-104] of this article, to regulate in the portion of the
Regional District lying within its county, (1) the location, height,
bulk, and size of buildings and other structures, building lines, mini-
mum frontages, depths and areas of lots, and percentages of lots
which may be occupied; (2) the sizes of yards, courts, and other
open spaces; (3) the erection of temporary stands and structures;
(4) the density and distribution of population; (5) the uses of build-
ings and structures for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agri-
culture, public activities, and other purposes; and (6) the uses of
land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry,
or other purposes. No regulation shall prohibit the use of any land
by the owner of such land or the holder of any easement or right
therein or his tenant for farming, [or] other agricultural uses exclu-
sively [.] or, within the area described in Section 605-B of Article
66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in Prince George's County,
for the purpose of storing natural or artificial gas at a level below
five hundred (500) feet from the surface of the earth. The county
council and the board of county commissioners are individually
designated, for the purposes of this subtitle [section and sections
72-82, 72-83, 72-84, 72-87, 72-88, 72-90, 72-91, 72-93 and 72-104]
of this article, as district council. Not less than three members
of a district council shall constitute a quorum, except in Mont-
gomery County, not less than four members of a district council
shall constitute a quorum. And be it further provided that the
county council for Montgomery County, sitting as a district
council, shall not receive an application for a zoning map amendment
upon the same land which has been the subject of a previous zoning
application for map amendment, filed after June 1, 1965, for the
same zoning classification unless thirty-six (36) months has expired
since the filing of the application for the previous zoning map amend-
ment, provided, however, that the aforegoing limitation shall not
apply to applications filed by the district council or by the com-
mission. And be it further provided that an application for a zoning