MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      1047

AMENITIES PLAN, OF PARTS THEREOF, THE COMMISSION SHALL
GIVE CONSIDERATION TO AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL,
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL VALUES.

IN DEVELOPING, REVIEWING AND REVISING THE
AMENITIES PLAN, OR PARTS THEREOF, THE COMMISSION SHALL
GIVE CONSIDERATION TO RELEVANT PORTIONS OF FEDERAL,
STATE, REGIONAL AND LOCAL PLANS, WHETHER PREPARED BY
SIGNATORIES OR THEIR AGENCIES, BY LOCAL OR REGIONAL
PLANNING COMMISSIONS, BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS OR
ORGANIZATIONS THEREOF, BY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICTS, BY REGIONAL RESOURCE USE ASSOCIATIONS, OR
BY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS.
SUCH CONSIDERATION SHALL BE REQUIRED ONLY WITH RESPECT
TO SUCH PLANS AS ARE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION IN
THE MANNER THE COMMISSION MAY PROVIDE.

THE PLAN SHALL INCLUDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AREAS,
WATERS, LAND, LAND USES, STRUCTURES, PROJECTS AND
FACILITIES WHICH ARE NECESSARY, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE
COMMISSION FOR THE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION,
UTILIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF SUCH VALUES. ANY
SUCH PLAN SHALL ALSO PROVIDE FOR:

(A)   RIVER ZONES AND THEIR ACCESSIBILITY;

(B)    INSTITUTING LAND USE PLANS AND CONTROLS
WITHIN RIVER ZONES;

(C)   ACQUIRING OR OTHERWISE PRESERVING EXISTING
AND POTENTIAL PARKS AND PARKWAYS, SCENIC AREAS, OPEN
SPACES, RECREATION AREAS, HISTORIC AREAS, TRAIL
CORRIDORS, WETLANDS OR NATURAL AREAS WITHIN RIVER
ZONES.

A RIVER ZONE, AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, MEANS SUCH
PORTION OF THE POTOMAC RIVER OR A TRIBUTARY, INCLUDING
THE ISLANDS, AND AN AREA ALONG THE SHORES, OF SUCH
LENGTH AND EXTENDING INLAND SUCH DISTANCE, AS THE
COMMISSION MAY DETERMINE, BUT NO RIVER ZONE MAY EXTEND
INLAND MORE THAN ONE MILE EXCEPT WITH THE CONCURRENCE
OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE LOCALITY IN WHICH SUCH
ZONE IS LOCATED.

THE COMMISSION MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME AFTER
PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WHENEVER PRACTICABLE SHALL BE IN
THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE RIVER ZONE INVOLVED,
ESTABLISH, MODIFY OR ABOLISH SO MANY RIVER ZONES OF
SUCH SIZES AS IT MAY DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE
PROTECTION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND
AESTHETIC, SCENIC AND HISTORIC VALUES; PROVIDED, THAT