1608                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 729

the municipality as a whole. The planning body shall submit its
written recommendation with respect to the proposed urban re-
newal plan to the municipality within sixty days after receipt of the
plan for review; upon receipt of the recommendations of the plan-
ning body or, if no recommendations are received within said sixty
days, then without such recommendations, the municipality may
then proceed with a public hearing on the proposed urban renewal
project. The municipality shall hold a public hearing on an urban
renewal project after public notice thereof by publication in a news-
paper having a general circulation within the corporate limits of
the municipality. The notice shall describe the time, place and pur-
pose of the hearing, shall generally identify the urban renewal area
covered by the plan, and shall outline the general scope of the urban
renewal project under consideration. Following the hearing, the
municipality may approve an urban renewal project and the plan
therefore, if it finds that: (1) A feasible method exists for the loca-
tion of any families who will be displaced from the urban renewal
area in decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within
their means and without undue hardship to such families; (2) the
urban renewal plan substantially conforms to the master plan of the
municipality as a whole; and (3) the urban renewal plan affords
maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the mu-
nicipality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the
urban renewal area by private enterprise.

(b)    Change. An urban renewal plan may be modified at any
time, provided that if modified after the lease or sale of real property
in the urban renewal project area, the modification may be condi-
tioned upon such approval of the owner, lessee or successor in in-
terest as the municipality may deem advisable and in any event
shall be subject to such rights at law or in equity as a lessee or pur-
chaser, or his successor or successors in interest, may be entitled to
assert. Where the proposed modification will substantially change
the urban renewal plan as previously approved by the municipality,
the modification shall be formally approved by the municipality as
in the case of the original plan.

(c)    Effect. Upon the approval by the municipality of an urban
renewal plan or of any modification thereof, such plan or modifica-
tion shall be deemed to be in full force and effect for the respective
urban renewal area and the municipality may then cause such plan
or modification to be carried out in accordance with its terms.

52-73. Disposal of Property in Area.

(a) Powers. The municipality may sell, lease or otherwise trans-
fer real property or any interest therein acquired for it by an urban
renewal project, for residential, recreational, commercial, indus-
trial, educational or other uses or for public use