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(2)    Upon the first publication of such notice, it shall be the duty
of the county to make diligent inquiry as to the terms of the lease agree-
ment and the adequacy of the compensation to be received therefor;

(3)    If any objection is made to the proposed lease agreement by any
person interested therein, either as a taxpayer of Baltimore County, or
having property rights involved, said objection shall be filed in writing
with the secretary to the county executive before the expiration of such
notice of publication and an opportunity shall be granted and time set
for the hearing of such objections by the County Council.

(4)    If no valid objection is made or the county council determines
no objection should be sustained after the hearing referred in (3) above
the county shall have authority to execute such lease agreement for such
compensation as it shall upon inquiry determine proper and as may be
prescribed by the county for a period not longer than 25 years, but such
lease agreement may, at the option of the county, provide for giving the
lessee the right, on a fair revaluation, including in such revaluation the
value, if any, derived from the lease, to renewals not to exceed an additional
twenty-five years.

(5)    Every lease agreement shall make provisions, by way of forfei-
ture or otherwise of the grant, for the purpose of compelling compliance
with the terms thereof and to secure efficiency of public service at reasonable
rates and the maintenance of the property in good condition throughout
the full term of the lease agreement. The lease agreement shall also
specify the mode of determining the valuation and revaluation which may
be provided for therein and the time limitation in which there shall be an
exercise of the rights given and in default thereof for the return of the
property so leased to the county.

(6)    When the lease agreement is fully executed in compliance with
the preceding sections, the county shall not relinquish but shall expressly
reserve the right and duty at all times to exercise full governmental
control and regulation in respect to all matters connected with the lease
agreement not inconsistent with the terms thereof.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure affecting the public health,
safety or welfare, and having been passed by the affirmative vote of five
members of the County Council, the same shall take effect from the date
of its enactment.

Bill No. 42

An Act to establish new time schedules for the periodical compre-
hensive revision of the county-wide zoning map and to establish and
provide for the suspension of cyclical zoning-petition procedures by
repealing and re-enacting with amendments Sections 22-20(d), 22-
21.1, 22-22 (c) (d) (i) and 22-22.1 of the Baltimore County Code,
1968 (1969 Cumulative Supplement) title "Planning, Zoning and Sub-
division Control", Article III, Zoning.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND, That subsection (d) of Section
22-20 of the Baltimore County Code, 1968 (1969 Cumulative Supplement),
title "Planning, Zoning and Subdivision Control", Article III, Zoning, be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as
follows: