Anne Arundel County                             2539

ments), Title 17, "Taxation", Subtitle 7, "Miscellaneous Taxes", to levy
and impose a local income tax in Anne Arundel County, and matters
generally related thereto.

WHEREAS, Section 283 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1965 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement) authorizes the sev-
eral counties and the City of Baltimore to impose upon their residents
a local income tax not exceeding fifty per cent (50%) of the State income
tax liability; now, therefore

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Section 17-704 of the
Anne Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and Supplements), Title 17,
"Taxation", Subtitle 7, "Miscellaneous Taxes", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Section 17-704

An Income Tax of fifty per cent (50%) of the State Income Tax
Liability is hereby levied upon the residents of Anne Arundel County for
the calendar year beginning January 1, [1969] 1970, and for subsequent
years thereafter.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Ordi-
nance shall become law and take effect on the 1st day of July, 1970.

APPROVED AND ENACTED: June 5, 1970.

Bill No. 53-70

An Ordinance to add new Sections 13-318 through 13-318.3, in-
clusive, to the Anne Arundel County Code (1967 Edition and Sup-
plements), 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", head-
ing, "OS-Open Space Districts", providing for open space districts,
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; providing that this
Ordinance shall become effective only upon the adoption of the en-
tire Subtitle and the repealer of existing Zoning laws; and matters
generally related thereto.

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

WHEREAS, It is impractical and unrealistic to attempt to have
intelligent and meaningful public hearings on a complete Zoning Ordi-
nance 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 13-318
through 13-318.3, inclusive, be and they are hereby added to the Anne