MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(a) General plan. The Commission [is authorized
and empowered to] MAY make and adopt and, from time to
time, amend extend, or add to, a general plan for the
physical development of the District, which shall be
known as the General Plan for the Maryland—Washington
Regional District. The general plan, including maps,
plats, charts, and descriptive matter, shall show the
Commission's recommendations for the development of the
District, which may include, among other things, such
matters as (1) the location, arrangement, character and
extent of roads, waterways, waterfronts, beaches, docks,
and wharves, parks, forests, squares, aviation fields,
airways, subways, wildlife refuges, open development
areas and other ways, grounds and open spaces; (2) the
general location of public, including Federal buildings
and other public properties; (3) the general location
and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether
publicly or privately owned or operated, for light,
transportation, communication, power, sewer, water, and
other purposes; (4) the preservation and development of
forests and natural scenery; (5) the general location and
extent of housing and community projects and
developments; and (6) a zoning plan for the regulation of
the height, area, bulk, location, and uses of buildings
and the uses of land, and other factors of urban,
suburban, rural, and regional planning[: further,] .
FURTHER the Commission may include in [said] THE plan, or
part thereof, and may so designate, any land or area of
Prince George's County which [shall have] HAS been
designated as an "Urban Renewal Area" by the Commission
and by the County Commissioners of Prince George's County
or by the governing body of any incorporated municipality
of Prince George's County and under the authority granted
to [such] THESE [Commissioners or body] BODIES by the
General Assembly[; in] . IN an area so designated, and
included in [said] THE plan or part thereof, the
Commission [may], in accordance with procedures
hereinafter provided for, MAY indicate that [said] THE
land or area is reserved for Urban Renewal purposes[; and
further]. FURTHER, the Commission may indicate a special
zoning classification for [said] THIS land or area, if
applicable. The Commission shall then recommend to the
District Council an appropriate classification. However,
if the governing body [so] designating [such] THE land or
area as an Urban Area fails to make substantial progress
in development of plans for [such] THE redevelopment
within one [(1) ] calendar year, or fails to complete and
adopt a plan of redevelopment within one [(1)] calendar
year, or fails to complete and adopt a plan of
redevelopment for [said] THE area within two [(2) ]
calendar years of the date of [such] THE designation,
[said] THE land or area [shall] MAY no longer be
considered to be reserved for Urban Renewal purposes.