Howard County                                      2719

HOWARD COUNTY

County Council of Howard County, Maryland

1969 Legislative Session, Legislative Day No. 1

Council Bill No. 1

An Act to repeal Sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Howard County (1965 Edition), being Article 14 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Board of Zoning Appeals,
Zoning Commissioner; appeals from Board of Zoning Appeals," and
to enact new Section 16.210 through 16.216, inclusive, of the Howard
County Code, to authorize the Board of Appeals to allow certain
special uses under the zoning regulations, to grant variance and ex-
ception to the zoning regulations and zoning districts, to provide for
the procedure thereof and to provide for appeals therefrom, and to
provide for the enforcement of Board of Appeals decisions in zoning
matters, and, further, declaring this Act to be an emergency measure.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the County Council of Howard County,
Maryland, That Sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Howard County (1965 Edition), being Article 14 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland titled "Board of Zoning Appeals" be and they are
hereby repealed.

Section 2. And be it further enacted by the County Council of Howard
County, Maryland, That Sections 16.210, 16.211. 16.212, 16.213, 16.214,
16.215, and 16.216, be and the same are hereby added to Title 16 of the
Howard County Code, "Planning, Zoning and Sub-Division Control", sub-
title "Board of Appeals", to read as follows:

16.210—General

This Act grants authority to the Howard County Board of Appeals
to authorize variances and exceptions from the zoning regulations and
zoning districts and provides for the method thereof.

16.211—Powers

The Howard County Board of Appeals shall have the following zoning
powers:

(a)    To authorize a variance or exception from the terms of the
zoning regulations and the zoning districts as is necessary to avoid arbi-
trariness and to obtain substantial justice within the spirit of the zoning
regulations and zoning districts.

(b)    To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error
in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by any ad-
ministrative official in the application, interpretation, or enforcement of
this title or of any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(c)    To authorize temporary uses of land, in any zoning district,
for a period not exceeding 30 days provided the land shall be entirely
cleared within five days after such temporary authority expires.

(d)    To authorize such uses as the zoning regulations may provide
from time to time.