Ch. 848                          MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              1735

63(E)

(70-74(E))

(59-68(E))

THE COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO MAKE
AND ADOPT AND, FROM TIME TO TIME, AMEND A PLAN WHICH
SHALL IDENTIFY AND DESIGNATE SITES, STRUCTURES WITH
THEIR APPURTENANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS, OR
DISTRICTS HAVING A HISTORICAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL,
ARCHITECTURAL OR CULTURAL VALUE, PROVIDED THAT THE
CRITERIA FOR SUCH DESIGNATION OR IDENTIFICATION SHALL
NOT BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE CRITERIA APPLICABLE TO THE
MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST UNDER ARTICLE 41, SECTION
181E(F) OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND. IN THE MAKING
OR AMENDING OF SUCH PLAN, THE COMMISSION MAY ESTABLISH
ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO ASSIST IT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
ITS DUTIES. THE SAID PLAN SHALL CONSTITUTE AN AMENDMENT
TO THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE MARYLAND-WASHINGTON
REGIONAL DISTRICT EXCEPT THAT SAID PLAN MAY INCLUDE
SITES, STRUCTURES WITH THEIR APPURTENANCES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS, OR DISTRICTS LOCATED IN
MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTIES, NOT SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE
COMMISSION, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF
THAT MUNICIPALITY. CONSENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY SHALL
CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY TO BE
BOUND BY ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING SUCH
SITES, STRUCTURES WITH THEIR APPURTENANCES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS, OR DISTRICTS AS MAY BE ENACTED
BY THE DISTRICT COUNCIL.

75.

(70-86)

(59-80)

(a)   The County Councils of Montgomery County and Prince George's County
are each individually designated, for the purposes of this article, as the District
Council for that portion of the Regional District lying within each county,
respectively. Sitting together, they are jointly designated, for the special purposes
delineated in this article, as the Bi-county District Council for the entire
Maryland-Washington Regional District. The adoption of an ordinance or
resolution by the Bi-county District Council shall be accomplished only by the
affirmative votes of a majority of the total membership of each District Council.

(b)    Each District Council is respectively empowered, in accordance with the
conditions and procedures specified in this article of this chapter to regulate, by
ordinance, in the portion of the Regional District lying within its county, (1) the
location, height, bulk, and size of buildings, other structures, and units therein,
building lines, minimum frontages, depths and areas of lots, and percentages of
lots which may be occupied; (2) the size of lots, yards, courts, and other open
spaces; (3) the erection of temporary stands and structures; (4) the density and
distribution of population; (5) the location and uses of buildings and structures and
units therein for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, public activities,
and other purposes; and (6) the uses of land, including surface, subsurface, and air
rights therein, for building, trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture,