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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 892

respectively, outside the [said] Metropolitan District,
the particular use which existed at the effective date of
the [said] zoning ordinances, adopted under the authority
of this [subheading] TITLE, may be continued, and
appropriate licenses may be issued, limited, however, to
[such] THE particular use in each case.

(e)    For the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this section, the Commission shall supply every [such]
clerk, administrative official, licensing body or board,
and every other official or body empowered to issue any
license or permit, with a copy of the map or maps showing
the residential, commercial, industrial, and other zones
or districts in the Regional District.

(f)    Every license or permit issued in violation of
this section [shall be] IS invalid; and the issuance of
[any such] THE license or permit is [hereby declared to
be] a misdemeanor and punishable (as such] under the
general penalty provisions of this [subtitle] ARTICLE.

[83.3 8-110.

A District Council, in its zoning regulations, may
provide that the board of zoning appeals or the District
Council, or in Montgomery County, as administrative
office or agency designated by Council, in appropriate
cases and subject to appropriate [principals] PRINCIPLES,
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] ARTICLE, 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]
THE appeal shall follow that procedure which may[,] from
time to time[,] be determined by the District Council.
The District Council [may] also MAY 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.

[84.] 8-111.

(a) Appeals to the Board of Zoning Appeals of
Prince George's County may be taken by any person, board,
association, corporation, or official aggrieved by the
grant or refusal of a building permit or the grant or
withholding of an occupancy or use permit or any other
administrative decision based or claimed to be based in