MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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the traders' licenses are consistent with uses permitted
under the local zoning laws. Some subdivisions achieve
this end by requiring an applicant for a trader's license
to obtain approval from the zoning commissioner prior to
the issuance of the license (See, for example. Article
56, Section 2 and 6 as to Baltimore County). Most of the
counties view each application on a case—by—case basis,
referring only potential zoning conflicts to the proper
authority before issuing the license. Obviously, if a
license were issued improperly, it would later be revoked
if found to be in conflict with a zoning ordinance.

In any event, under existing law the license itself
can not authorize a use not permitted by the zoning
regulations. The enactment of this bill, therefore,
would accomplish no purpose but to imply that, in Howard
County, a license issued prior to the effective date of
the bill, and in other subdivisions a license issued at
any time may authorize a use not permitted by the
applicable zoning laws. It would, by implication, create
an uncertainty not now present.

For these reasons, I have decided to veto House Bill
1422.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel

Governor

House Bill No. 1425 — Baltimore City; Complaint
Evaluation Board for Police

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City — Police Department

FOR the purpose of establishing the Complaint Evaluation
Board of Baltimore City as a permanent, statutory
agency through which complaints lodged by members of
the general public regarding alleged acts of
discourtesy and excessive force by personnel of the
Police Department of Baltimore City are processed
and evaluated; providing for the membership,
meetings, functions and duties of the Board; and
relating generally to the Complaint Evaluation Board
of Baltimore City[[; and providing for an emergency
effective date]].