1906                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 672

mission. The [municipality] county or municipal corporation is
hereby granted the power to enforce such bond by all appropriate
legal and equitable remedies.

[(c) In Anne Arundel County, the commission may accept a cash
payment 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.]

[(d)] (c) Before any regulations shall be submitted to [council]
the local legislative body for adoption a public hearing shall be held
thereon and all such regulations, or if in the opinion of the com-
mission it is best, a brief synopsis of such regulations, sufficient
to inform a person of ordinary intelligence of the nature and con-
tents 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 weekly or daily newspaper of general circulation
in such [city and] county or municipal corporation. When such
regulations are adopted by the [council] local legislative body, a
copy thereof shall be certified by the commission to the county clerk
of the county CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT in which the
[municipality and territory] jurisdiction [are] is located for record.

[26A. Cash Acceptable in Lieu of Establishment of Recreational
Areas in Anne Arundel County]

[In Anne Arundel County, the commission may accept a cash pay-
ment from the developer in lieu of the actual establishment of land
areas by the developer for recreational purposes, and such payments
shall be held in escrow and used by the council for the purpose of
acquiring parks and playgrounds and shall be used for this purpose
and no other.]

5.04. Dedication of School, Park, and Playground Sites

The local legislative body may include, as a part of the county's
or municipal corporation's subdivision regulations, requirements

that a subdivider of land dedicate such land areas, sites, and loca-

tions for schools, parks and playground purposes, as are reasonably
necessary to service the proposed subdivision and the future residents
thereof, or to provide for payment in lieu of dedication to effectuate
the purposes stated above.

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5.05 5.04 Approval of Plat

The planning [and zoning] commission shall approve or dis-
approve a final plat, if all subdivision regulations have been com-
plied 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 commis-
sion'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