1260                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                        CH. 625

DRUGS, THE COMMITMENT SHALL BE MADE BY THE
JUDGE ONLY AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPER-
INTENDENT OF THE MENTAL HOSPITAL TO WHICH THE
COMMITMENT IS TO BE MADE.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS
ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 625
(House Bill 48)

AN ACT to repeal and reenact, with amendments, Section 1(83) of
Chapter 780 of the Laws of Maryland, 1959, as amended, being
also Section 70-95 of the Montgomery County Code (1965 Edition),
title "Montgomery County," subtitle "Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission," and Section 59-89 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1963 Edition),
title "Prince George's County," subtitle "Park and Planning Com-
mission," to provide for the granting of variances by the district
council of Montgomery County or its designee, and to provide pro-
cedures for appeal.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 1(83) of Chapter 780 of the Laws of Maryland, 1959, as
amended, being also Section 70-95 of the Montgomery County Code
(1965 Edition), title "Montgomery County," subtitle "Maryland-
National Capital Park and Planning Commission," and Section 59-89
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1963
Edition), title "Prince George's County," subtitle "Park and Plan-
ning Commission," be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

70-95. (59-89)

A district council, in its zoning regulations, may provide that the
board of zoning appeals or the district council, or in Montgomery
County, an administrative office or agency designated by the district
council, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate principals,
standards, rules, conditions, and safeguards set forth in the regula-
tions, may [make] either grant or deny, upon such conditions as
may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter,
special exceptions and variances to the provisions of the zoning regu-
lations in harmony with their general purposes and intent. The
decisions of the administrative office or agency in Montgomery
County shall be subject to an appeal to either the board of ap-
peals [.] or such other administrative body as may be designated
by the district council, and such appeal shall follow that procedure
which may, from time to. time, be determined by the district council.
The district council may also authorize the board of zoning appeals
to interpret the zoning maps or pass upon disputed questions of lot
lines or district boundary lines or similar questions as they arise in
the administration of the regulations.