2692                                County Local Laws

By the Council, September 7, 1971

Introduced, read first time, ordered posted and Public Hearing sched-
uled on September 20, 1971, at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Hearing Room,
Courthouse, Ellicott City, Maryland.

By Order, Bernard F. Murphy, Secretary

PUBLIC HEARING

Having been posted and Notice of time and place of hearing and Title
of Bill having been published according to Charter, a public hearing was
held on September 20, 1971 and continued to and concluded on September
20, 1971. Reported favorably with amendments, read second time and or-
dered printed for third reading.

Bernard F. Murphy, Secretary

Section 1. Be it enacted by the County Council of Howard County,
Maryland, that Sections 3.500, 3.501, 3.502 and 3.503 be and same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments and Section 3.504 added
to Title 3 of the Howard County Code, title "Buildings", subtitle "Building
Code" to read as follows:

3.500—[Sedimentation] SCOPE

Except as provided for in Section 3.501 below, before land is cleared,
graded, transported, or otherwise disturbed, any streets are constructed,
Minerals commercially mined or any ground broken for construction, by
any Person, Partnership, or Corporation, said Person, Partnership, or Cor-
poration shall obtain a permit from the Department of Public Works for
said earth moving operation and the construction and soil movement shall
be [done in accordance with the erosion and Sediment Control Tech-
nical Handbook prepared by the Howard Soil Conservation District; pro-
vided that dwellings and outbuildings on lots of two (2) acres or more shall
be exempt from provisions of this section.] submitted to and approved by
the Howard County Soil Conservation District.

3.501—[Building Permits for Construction Within Howard County] EX-
EMPTIONS

The provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to the construction
of agricultural structures [AND] or to the construction of single-family
residences and their accessory buildings on lots of [at least two FIVE]
two acres or more. Regardless of present planning, zoning, or subdivision
controls, no permit shall be issued for grading or for the construction of
any building, other than those exempted above, unless such grading or con-
struction is in accordance with plans approved as provided in Section
3.502.

3.502—Approval of Construction Plans and Issuance of Permits

(a) The Howard County Department of Public Works shall have the
power and authority to issue grading permits [and building permits]
within Howard County only after the developer submits a plan of develop-
ment approved by the Howard Soil Conservation District for controlling
sediment and erosion and is designed so that it will contain the sediment
on the property covered by the plan; [and with a certification from a regis-
tered professional engineer that the plan for controlling of silt and erosion
is designed so that it will contain the silt on the property covered by the
plan;] and with a further certification by the developer that any construc-
tion or development will be done pursuant to said plan. Such approvals
may be obtained by developers of subdivisions at the time of the approving