MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  1963

IMPACT ON ST. MARY'S COUNTY, THAT THE COMPLIANCE WITH
FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND THE STANDARDS SET FORTH FOR
THE DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO CREATE ANY
PRESUMPTION THAT A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT SHOULD BE
LOCATED IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY, AND THAT THE LOCATION OF A
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY IS A
MATTER SUBJECT TO THE LEGISLATIVE DISCRETION OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY. NOTHING IN THIS ACT
SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE ST. MARY'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ESTABLISH THAT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES ARE PERMITTED USES
IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY.

9.04.

FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, OR
UNTIL ST. MARY'S COUNTY HAS DULY ADOPTED A PLAN, ZONING
ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO THIS
ACT AND THIS ARTICLE, WHICHEVER SHALL FIRST OCCUR, NO
BUILDING PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED, SUBDIVISION PLAT
APPROVED OR AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE
SHALL BE MADE BY THE ST. MARY'S COUNTY PLANNING
COMMISSION, THE ST. MARY'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, OR BY
ANY UNIT OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY. THIS
SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:

(A)    THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO
BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED BY ST. MARY'S COUNTY PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THIS
EXCEPTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT THE EXISTING POWERS OF
ST. MARY'S COUNTY AND THE STATE WITH RESPECT TO PROJECTS
FOR WHICH A BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED.

(B)    THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE FINAL
APPROVAL OF RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION PLATS FOR WHICH
APPROVAL HAD BEEN REQUESTED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS ACT, OR THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR
CONSTRUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR WHICH
SUBDIVISION PLAT APPROVAL HAD BEEN REQUESTED PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THIS
EXCEPTION SHALL AFFECT THE EXISTING POWERS OF ST. MARY'S
COUNTY AND THE STATE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PLATS AND
PERMITS.

(C)    THE ST. MARY'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE HEREBY
EMPOWERED TO GRANT AN EXCEPTION FROM THIS SECTION, AFTER
AN APPROPRIATE HEARING, FOR REASONS OF EXTREME PERSONAL
HARDSHIP, HEALTH OR SAFETY, OR TO PREVENT THIS SECTION
FROM RESULTING IN AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL DEPRIVATION OF
PROPERTY WITHOUT COMPENSATION. ANY DECISION OF THE ST.
MARY'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GRANTING OR DENYING AN
EXCEPTION MAY BE APPEALED TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST.
MARY'S COUNTY AND ANY DECISION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT MAY
BE APPEALED TO THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS.