1360                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 4

The only other changes made are in style.

10-616. LOCATION OF BLINDS - DISTANCE FROM ADJACENT
PROPERTY OWNER.

(A) DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN PROPERTIES DEFINED. -
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE DIVIDING LINE
BETWEEN ADJOINING PROPERTIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DETERMINING THE PROPER LOCATION OF BLINDS SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED AS FOLLOWS: FROM THE POINT OF JUNCTION OF
THE PROPERTIES AND THE WATER LINE, A STRAIGHT LINE
SHALL BE PROJECTED ALONG THE SHORE OF EACH OF THE
PROPERTIES FOR A DISTANCE OF 200 YARDS. THE LINES
SHALL FOLLOW THE GENERAL CONTOUR OF THE SHORE RATHER
THAN THE IRREGULARITIES. FROM THIS POINT OF JUNCTION
A LINE SHALL BE PROJECTED OVER THE WATER EQUALLY
DIVIDING THE ARC FORMED BY THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE TWO
STRAIGHT LINES LAID DOWN ALONG THE SHORELINES OF THE
RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES.

(E) DISTANCE FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. -
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, A
RIPARIAN OWNER OWNING THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF SHORELINE
OR HIS LESSEE, LICENSEE, OR ASSIGNEE MAY NOT PLACE A
STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE WITHIN 250 YARDS OF THE
DIVIDING LINE OF ANY PROPERTY OWNED BY HIM AND THE
ADJOINING PROPERTY BORDERING ON THE WATERS WITHOUT THE
CONSENT OF THE ADJOINING LANDOWNER.

(C)     EXCEPTION FOR BALTIMORE AND CHARLES
COUNTIES. - IN THE WATERS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY AND IN
THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE POTOMAC RIVER IN CHARLES
COUNTY, A RIPARIAN OWNER MAY NOT PLACE A STATIONARY
BLIND OR BLIND SITE WITHIN 125 YARDS OF THE DIVIDING
LINE OF ANY PROPERTY OWNED BY HIM AND THE ADJOINING
PROPERTY OWNER WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE ADJOINING
LANDOWNER.

(D)    EXCEPTION FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY OPPOSITE
SHORELINE OF ANNE ARUNDEL AND CALVERT COUNTIES. - IN
THE WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY OPPOSITE ANNE ARUNDEL
AND CALVERT COUNTIES, A RIPARIAN OWNER MAY NOT PLACE A
STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE WITHIN 350 YARDS OF THE
DIVIDING LINE OF ANY PROPERTY OWNED BY HIM AND THE
ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER.

(E)     EXCEPTION WHERE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN
PROPERTIES IS LESS THAN 90 DEGREES. - WHERE THE ANGLE
BETWEEN THE DIVIDING LINE AND A STRAIGHT LINE ALONG
EITHER OR BOTH OF THE ADJOINING SHORES IS LESS THAN 90
DEGREES, THE SECRETARY MAY DETERMINE WHERE ANY