1790                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 501

(House Bill 1106)
AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County — Residence Districts

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a single family dwelling
to be built or placed on any land under one acre in
St. Mary's County, and prohibiting the building or
placing of multiple family dwellings on any parcel
of land unless there is at least one acre in the
parcel for each single family unit of the parcel,
with certain exceptions.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County
Section 215(c)

Article 19 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1965 Edition and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 215(c) of the Public Local Laws of
St. Mary's County being Article 19 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1965 Edition and 1973 Supplement)
be and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 19
215.

(c) Except in areas that are zoned agricultural or
commercial no [dwellings] SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING in St.
Mary's County shall be allowed to be built or placed on
any land under one acre in size, unless it is an approved
subdivision serviced by a central sewer system approved
by the appropriate state or local authorities. EXCEPT IN
AREAS THAT ARE ZONED FOR AGRICULTURAL OR COMMERCIAL
PURPOSES, NO MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING SHALL BE ALLOWED TO
BE BUILT OR PLACED ON ANY PARCEL OF LAND UNLESS THERE IS
AT LEAST ONE ACRE IN THE PARCEL FOR EACH SINGLE FAMILY
UNIT ON THE PARCEL, EXCEPT IF IT IS AN APPROVED
SUBDIVISION SERVICED BY A CENTRAL SEWER SYSTEM APPROVED
BY THE APPROPRIATE STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.