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securing a debt, the tax shall be at the rate of $3.50 for each $500.00 of
the principal amount of the debt secured.

(2) The provisions of this section shall take effect as of July 1, 1968.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision
of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
is held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions or any other application of this Ordinance which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end, all the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.

Section 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Ordinance
shall take effect forty-five (45) days from the date it becomes law.

APPROVED AND ENACTED: May 26, 1970

Bill No. 38-70

An Ordinance to add new Sections 13-321 through 13-321.9, in-
clusive, to the Anne Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and Supple-
ments), Title 13, "Planning and Zoning," Subtitle 3, "Zoning," to
follow immediately after Section 13-317.6 thereof (as enacted by Bill
No. 20-70), under the new Article VI, "Special Districts," providing
for town center zones; setting forth the manner in which said districts
may be used, and the standards and limitations thereof; providing
for the adoption of zoning maps; authorizing the County Solicitor to
renumber such sections of this Ordinance as may be necessary or
desirable when additional sections of this Subtitle are adopted; pro-
viding that this Ordinance shall become effective only upon the
adoption of the entire Subtitle and the repealer of the existing Zoning
laws; and matters generally related thereto.

Whereas, The Charter of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, provides
that the life of a bill is sixty-five (65) days; and

Whereas, It is impractical and unrealistic to attempt to have intelli-
gent and meaningful public hearings on a complete Zoning Ordinance
within said sixty-five (65) day period, it is the intent of the County
Council for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to adopt Subtitle 3, "Zoning,"
in sections, no section becoming effective until the complete subtitle is
adopted.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, That new Sections 13-321
through 13-321.9, inclusive, be and they are hereby added to the Anne
Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and Supplements), Title 13, "Plan-
ning and Zoning," Subtitle 3, "Zoning," to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 13-317.6 thereof (as enacted by Bill No. 20-70), to be under the new
Article VI, "Special Districts," and to read as follows:

Article VI—Special Districts
TC—Town Center Zones

Section 13-321—In General

Town Center Zones shall permit mixed use development, greater floor
area development, unlimited heights, and an increased intensity of use