1102                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 4

DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION.

ARTICLE 9
OTHER PUBLIC VALUES

9.1. INHERENT VALUES. —THE SIGNATORY PARTIES
AGREE THAT IT IS A PURPOSE OF THIS COMPACT IN
EFFECTUATING THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER
RESOURCES TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC AND
OTHER VALUES INHERENT IN THE HISTORIC AND THE SCENIC
AND OTHER NATURAL AMENITIES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
BASIN FOR THE ENJOYMENT AND ENRICHMENT OF FUTURE
GENERATIONS, FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN THE BASIN, AND FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF ALLIED
ENTERPRISES AND OCCUPATIONS SO AS TO EFFECT ORDERLY,
BALANCED, AND CONSIDERED DEVELOPMENT IN THE BASIN.

9.2.    PROJECT COMPATIBILITY. —TO THIS END, THE
SIGNATORY PARTIES AGREE THAT IN THE CONSIDERATION,
AUTHORIZATION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND
OPERATION OF ALL WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS IN THE
SUSQUEHANNA BASIN, THEIR AGENCIES AND SUBDIVISIONS,
AND THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION WILL
CONSIDER THE COMPATIBILITY OF SUCH PROJECTS KITH THESE
OTHER PUBLIC VALUES.

9.3.    REGULATION STANDARDS. —THE COMMISSION
MAY RECOMMEND TO GOVERNMENTAL UNITS WITH JURISDICTION
WITHIN AREAS CONSIDERED FOR SCENIC OR HISTORIC
DESIGNATION MINIMUM STANDARDS OF REGULATION OF LAND
AND WATER USE AND SUCH OTHER PROTECTIVE MEASURES AS
THE COMMISSION MAY DEEM DESIRABLE.

9.4.    LOCAL AREA PROTECTION. —THE COMMISSION
MAY DRAFT AND RECOMMEND FOR ADOPTION ORDINANCES AND
REGULATIONS WHICH WOULD ASSIST, PROMOTE, DEVELOP, AND
PROTECT THOSE AREAS AND THE CHARACTER OF THEIR
COMMUNITIES. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY CONSIDER PARTS OF
THEIR AREA WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED SCENIC OR
HISTORIC AREAS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE
SEPARATELY FROM THE MUNICIPALITY AS A WHOLE, AND
PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THE STATE GOVERNING THE
ADOPTION OF THOSE REGULATIONS GENERALLY MAY ENACT
REGULATIONS LIMITED TO THE DESIGNATED AREA. IN
MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH IS
PARTLY IN AND PARTLY OUT OF SUCH A SCENIC OR HISTORIC
AREA THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
ENTIRE MUNICIPALITY.