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voters in Harford County elections in the precinct in which the described
area is located, requesting that the corporate boundaries of the Town
of Bel Air be enlarged by annexing thereto the area so described;

WHEREAS, some of the parties to said petition subsequently with-
drew and asked that their lands be excluded from said petition;

WHEREAS, on May 11, 1970, the remaining parties to the said pe-
tition reaffirmed their desire to have their properties annexed to the Town
of Bel Air, and requested that the original petition of September 12, 1969,
be modified or amended so as to exclude the properties of the parties with-
drawing from the said original petition; and

WHEREAS, the Chairman of the Commissioners of Bel Air has
caused to be made a verification of the signatures on said petition as modi-
fied or amended and has ascertained that the persons signing the said
modified or amended petition represent at least 25% of the persons who
reside in the area requested to be annexed and who are registered as
voters in Harford County elections in the precinct in which the territory
so requested to be annexed is located, and that the assessment records of
Harford County show that the signers of the petition are the owners of at
least 25% of the assessed valuation of the real property located in the area
so requested to be annexed, all of which will appear by reference to the
certificate of verification dated July 13, 1970, being subscribed by the
Chairman of the Commissioners of Bel Air and Town Council.

Section!. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Com-
missioners of Bel Air that the corporate boundaries of the Town of Bel Air
be and the same are hereby enlarged by adding or annexing thereto the
area contiguous to and adjoining the present Southerly boundaries of The
Town of Bel Air, as particularly described in the aforesaid petition and
also in the title to this resolution;

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the conditions
and circumstances applicable to the change in said corporate boundaries
and to the residents of property in the area so annexed are as follows:

(a)    That the persons residing in the area to be annexed and the
owners of all property therein shall be generally subject to the provisions of
the Charter of the Town of Bel Air, without special treatment as to rates
of the municipal tax, or as to municipal services and facilities, except that
they shall not be subject to real estate taxes levied for the year July 1,
1970 to June 30, 1971, by the Town of Bel Air, paying in lieu thereof such
charges as the Commissioners of Bel Air may fix for that year for services
furnished to them by the Town of Bel Air. The exception to the levy for
real estate taxes for the year 1970-71 shall not include any semi-annual
assessment that may become due and payable.

(b)    That the area to be annexed shall be or constitute a "B-3" Gen-
eral Business District as described in the Zoning Ordinance of the Town
of Bel Air, and shall be subject to all of the provisions and conditions in
said Ordinance.

Section 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Charter
of the Town of Bel Air, being a part of Article 13 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, as recodified by Everstine's Code, 1965 edition, is
hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as Section
104H, which new section is hereinafter underscored, this amendment
to the Charter to be known as Amendment No. 21, to wit: