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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 40

illegal operation shall be subject to the penalties
prescribed by subsection (2).

(2) Any person violating the registration

provision of this section, unless otherwise specified,
shall be [punishable] [[PUNISHED]] punishable by a fine
[or] OF not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment of not
more than 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the
court,

6-604.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this
section, the Administration is authorized to provide for
the approval of airport sites and the issuance of
certificates of approval.

Certificates of such an approval shall be issued
without charge to all persons requesting then. Upon the
promulgation of a rule or regulation providing for
approval, any political subdivision or person desiring or
planning to construct or establish an airport shall prior
to the acquisition of the site or prior to the
construction or establishment of the proposed airport,
make application to the Administration [or] FOR approval
of the site. The Administration shall with reasonable
dispatch grant approval of a site if it is satisfied: (1)
that the site is adequate for the proposed airport; (2)
that the proposed airport, if constructed or established,
will conform to minimum standards of safety which shall
not be more rigid than those recommended by the Federal
Aviation Administration, if any, for comparable airports;
(3) that safe air traffic patterns can be worked out for
the proposed airport and for all existing airports and
approved airport sites in its vicinity; and (4) that the
intended operator of the proposed airport has complied
with the requirements of § 7—705 (d) relating to
environmental noise control. An approval of a site may
be granted subject to any reasonable conditions which the
Administration may deem necessary to effectuate the
purposes of this section, and shall remain in effect,
unless sooner revoked by the Administration, until a
license for an airport located on the approved site has
been issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
The Administration may, after notice and opportunity for
hearing to holders of certificates of an approval, revoke
such approval when it shall reasonably determine (1) that
there has been an abandonment of the site as an airport
site, or (2) that there has been a failure within the
time prescribed, or if no time was prescribed, within a
reasonable time, to develop the site as an airport or to
comply with the conditions of the approval, or (3) that
because of change of physical or legal conditions or
circumstances the site is no longer usable for the
aeronautical purposes for which the approval was granted.