MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(1972 Edition, as amended)

being also

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Prince George's County
Section 59-89

Article 17 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1963 Edition and 1967 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 1 (83) of Chapter 780 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of 1959, being also Section 85—83
of the Public Local Laws of Montgomery County being
Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1972 Edition, as amended) , being also Section 59-89 of
the Public Local Laws of Prince George's County being
Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1963 Edition and 1967 Supplement, as amended) be and
they are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

Chapter 780

1(83). (85-83 and 59-89)

[[(a)]](A) A district council, in its zoning
regulations, may provide that the board of zoning appeals
or the district council, or in Montgomery County, an
administrative office or agency designated by the
district council, in appropriate cases and subject to
appropriate principals, standards, rules, conditions, and
safeguards set forth in the regulations, may either grant
or deny, upon such conditions as may be deemed necessary
to carry out the purposes of this chapter, special
exceptions and variances to the provisions of the zoning
regulations in harmony with their general purposes and
intent. The decisions of the administrative office or
agency in Montgomery County shall be subject to an appeal
to either the board of appeals or such other
administrative body as may be designated by the district
council, and such appeal shall follow that procedure
which may, from time to time, be determined by the
district council. The district council may also
authorize the board of zoning appeals to interpret the
zoning maps or pass upon disputed questions of lot lines
or district boundary lines or similar questions as they
arise in the administration of the regulations.

(B) IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
PROVISION IN ARTICLE 25A, [[P(U)]] SECTION 5(U), OF THE