MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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and name requirement [shall] DO not apply to applications
filed by the district council or by the commission.

(c) In order to protect the historical,
archeological, architectural or cultural heritage of
areas in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties
comprising the regional district and to preserve and
enhance the quality of life in the community, in addition
to any power or authority of the district councils to
regulate by ordinance, planning, zoning or subdivision,
each district council [is respectively authorized and
empowered to] MAY provide by ordinance[,] regulations for
the protection, preservation and enhancement of sites,
structures with their appurtenances and environmental
settings, or districts of historical, archeological,
architectural or cultural value designated on the adopted
and approved general plan. The enactment and application
of [such] THESE regulations shall be reasonable and
appropriate to the purpose of this section and are
limited to the protection, preservation and enhancement
of the exterior of the sites, structures or districts,
and, if such action constitutes a taking of private
property, provision shall be made for just compensation.

[76.] 8-102.

For the purposes of such exercise of power, each
District Council may divide the portion of the Regional
District lying within its county into districts and zones
of [such] WHATEVER number, shape or area [as] it may
determine. Within [such] THE districts and zones the
District Council may regulate the erection, construction,
reconstruction, alteration, and uses of buildings and
structures and the uses of land, including surface,
subsurface, and air rights therein. Both districts and
zones may be created; all [such] regulations shall be
uniform for each class or kind of building throughout any
district or zone, but the regulations in one district or
zone may differ from those in [any] ANOTHER district or
zone.

[77. ] 8-103.

Any [such] regulation imposing a lower height
limitation, less percentage of lot occupancy, wider or
larger courts, deeper yards, or other more strict
limitations than those provided by state, county,
municipal, or other local regulations, shall prevail
within the area for which it is imposed over the
limitations provided by state, county, municipal, or
other local regulations.

[78.] 8-104.