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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

(C)                      RURAL ROAD MEANS AN EXISTING COUNTY

MAINTAINED ROAD WHICH SERVES FARMS AND SCATTERED
DEVELOPMENTS ALONG OR NEAR THE ROAD AND WHICH IS
GENERALLY USED AS A CONNECTING ROAD. THIS SHALL BE
CONSIDERED A TRANSITIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND ANY ROAD SO
DESIGNATED SHALL BE RECLASSIFIED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE,
OR HIS DESIGNEE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED AND
ADOPTED MASTER PLAN OF THE VICINITY WHEN HE DECREES SUCH
RECLASSIFICATION NECESSARY OR PRUDENT FOR THE EFFICIENT
MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC, PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY. SUCH
ROADS SHALL BE RECONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

(1)     WIDTH. THE PAVEMENT SHALL BE NO GREATER
THAN TWENTY FEET WIDE.

(2)     CONSTRUCTION. THE ROADWAY SHALL BE
CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS AND
SPECIFICATIONS OF THIS CLASSIFICATION APPROVED BY THE
COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

Sec. 2. Effective date. The County Council hereby
declares that an emergency exists and that this
legislation is necessary for the immediate protection of
the public health and safety. Therefore, this emergency
legislation shall take effect on the date on which it
becomes law.

Approved May 24, 1974

Chapter 57

Bill No. 41-73

AN ACT to amend Chapter 22, title "Fire Prevention
Code", of the Montgomery County Code 1972, by repealing
and re—enacting, with amendments, Subsections (a) , (d)
and (e) of Section 22—11, title "Permits, licenses and
capacity certificates—Generally", and Section 22—83,
title "Open fires", providing generally for the
discontinuance of burning permits issued by the fire
marshal, discontinuance of certain restrictions on open
fires during specified months and times of the day, and
discontinuance of certain distance requirements for
certain fires used for cooking purposes; and adding
certain notice requirements for open burning, and the
requirement that where a permit is issued by the
Department of Environmental Protection it be in the
possession of the person supervising the open fire, at
all times.