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1046 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 4
PUBLIC EITHER FREE OR ON A FEE BASIS.
ARTICLE 9
OTHER PUBLIC VALUES
9.01. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. —COMPREHENSIVE
PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL TO ASSURE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT,
SAFEGUARD THE INTRINSIC NATURAL VALUES OF THE POTOMAC
BASIN AND PRESERVE THE BEAUTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
AMENITIES OF THE REGION. THIS NEED IS GREATEST IN
THOSE LOCALITIES MOST SUBJECT TO THE PRESSURES OF
URBANIZATION, EXPANDING POPULATION AND INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT. ACCORDINGLY THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF
THE RESPECTIVE SIGNATORIES DECLARE THAT, IN ADDITION
TO WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, THE PURPOSES OF THIS
COMPACT ARE TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE AESTHETIC AND
OTHER VALUES INHERENT IN THE HISTORIC, SCENIC AND
ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES OF THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN FOR
THE ENJOYMENT AND ENRICHMENT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS AND
RELATE SUCH VALUES TO THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE BASIN
AND THE PROMOTION OF THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE
BASIN.
9.02. COMPATIBILITY OF WATER RESOURCES RELATED
PROJECTS. —THE SIGNATORIES AGREE THAT IN THE
CONSIDERATION, AUTHORIZATION, CONSTRUCTION,
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THEIR WATER RESOURCES
RELATED PROJECTS IN THE BASIN, THEY WILL CONSIDER THE
COMPATIBILITY OF SUCH PROJECTS WITH THE VALUES
HEREINABOVE STATED.
9.03. PLANNING COORDINATION. —THE COMMISSION
MAY RECOMMEND STANDARDS AND ACT AS A COORDINATOR FOR
PLANNING, ZONING, AND OTHER ACTION WHICH WILL PROMOTE
BALANCED DEVELOPMENT AND MAY ACT AS AN AGENCY FOR THE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION AND EFFECTUATION OF
LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND INTERSTATE PLANNING.
9.04. AMENITIES PLAN AND RIVER ZONES.
—COMPLEMENTARY TO THE COMPREHENSIVE WATER RESOURCES
PLAN PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION 3.02, THE COMMISSION
SHALL DEVELOP AND ADOPT, AND FROM TIME TO TIME REVIEW
AND REVISE AN AMENITIES PLAN AND PROGRAMS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF THE AESTHETIC, SCENIC
AND HISTORIC VALUES ALONG THE POTOMAC AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES, AND MAY ADOPT SUCH PLAN OR ANY REVISION
THEREOF IN SUCH PART OR PARTS AS IT MAY DEEM
APPROPRIATE.
IN DEVELOPING, REVIEWING AND REVISING THE
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