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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

MAY CONSTITUTE A PLANNING AREA. SAID PLAN, WHEN
ORGANIZED BY PLANNING AREA, SHALL ON A COMPREHENSIVE
BASIS ASSIGN A PROSPECTIVE LAND USE, EITHER OF A
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CHARACTER, TO EACH PARTICULAR PIECE,
PARCEL, OF TRACT OF LANE LYING WITHIN THE SAID
PLANNING AREA. SAID PLAN, WHEN ORGANIZED ON A
COUNTY-WIDE BASIS SHALL, CONSISTENT WITH LOCAL AREA
PLANS, ASSIGN THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY OF PARTICULAR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ROADS, SCHOOLS, FIREHOUSES, WATER
LINES, OR SEWER LINES. A MASTER PLAN SHALL CONTAIN AN
ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES WHICH
MUST BE ACQUIRED AND CONSTRUCTED IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT
THE OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLAN. A MASTER
PLAN HEREAFTER ADOPTED AND APPROVED SHALL BE OF NO
FORCE AND EFFECT UNTIL IT IS ADOPTED AND APPROVED IN
COMPLIANCE WITH PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY LAW,
INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING.
AFTER FINAL ADOPTION AND APPROVAL, A MASTER PLAN
ORGANIZED ON A PLANNING AREA BASIS MAY BE AMENDED ONLY
FOR THE ENTIRE AREA ENCOMPASSED BY THE PLAN. A MASTER
PLAN MAY CONTAIN A TIME SCHEDULE ESTIMATING THE
COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS PHASES OR
PORTIONS THEREOF. THE ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF A
MASTER PLAN SHALL NOT GIVE RISE TO A PRESUMPTION THAT
A CHANGE HAS OCCURRED IN THE CONDITION OR CHARACTER OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH ANY PIECE, PARCEL, OR TRACT
OF LAND IS LOCATED, NOR SHALL SUCH ADOPTION AND
APPROVAL, IN AND OF ITSELF, WARRANT THE APPROVAL OF
ANY APPLICATION FOR RECLASSIFICATION.

(C)    THE TERM "COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAP" SHALL
MEAN AN ORDINANCE IN THE FORM OF A MAP WHICH, BY ITS
PROVISIONS, ASSIGNS TO EACH PARTICULAR PIECE, PARCEL,

OR TRACT OF LAND CONTAINED WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES A
PARTICULAR ZONING CLASSIFICATION. SUCH MAP MAY NOT BE
ADOPTED FOR AN AREA SMALLER THAN A PLANNING AREA, AS
THAT TERM IS USED IN THE DEFINITION HEREIN OF MASTER
PLAN.

(D)    THE TERM "ZONING MAP AMENDMENT" SHALL MEAN
A RECLASSIFICATION FROM ONE ZONING CATEGORY OR
SUB-CATEGORY ESTABLISHED BY THE TEXT OF THE ZONING
ORDINANCE, TO ANOTHER ZONING CATEGORY OR SUB-CATEGORY
SO ESTABLISHED, OF ANY PIECE, PARCEL, OR TRACT OF LAND
WHICH IS SMALLER THAN A PLANNING AREA, AS THAT TERM IS
USED IN THE DEFINITION HEREIN OF MASTER PLAN.

(E)    ANY "PERSON OF RECORD" SHALL INCLUDE THE
APPLICANT FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT OR SPECIAL