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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 70

5.

(BB) TO ENACT LAWS GENERALLY FOR HISTORIC AND
LANDMARK ZONING AND PRESERVATION. [[THIS POWER INCLUDES
ALL THOSE POWERS GRANTED TO OTHER COUNTIES AND TO
MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY BY THOSE SECTIONS OF ARTICLE 66B
OF THIS CODE RELATING TO HISTORIC AREA ZONING, BUT IS NOT
RESTRICTED BY SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS
THEREIN.]]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 2.12 be and it is hereby added to Article 66B —
Zoning and Planning, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1970 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 66B — Zoning and Planning

2.12.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING STRUCTURES AND
LANDMARKS OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL VALUE AS PART OF
A PUBLIC PURPOSE IN THIS STATE, THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY HAVE THE POWER GENERALLY TO
ENACT LAWS FOR HISTORIC AND LANDMARK ZONING AND
PRESERVATION [[WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE POWERS GRANTED
GENERALLY AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 66B OF THE ANNOTATED
CODE OF MARYLAND, SUBTITLE "HISTORIC AREA ZONING", BUT
WHICH POWERS MAY BE EXERCISED WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS BY
SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS THEREIN]]. THIS
SECTION DOES NOT RESTRICT [[OR MODIFY]] ANY CHARTER OR
OTHER POWER OF THE CITY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
8.01(a) of Article 66B — Zoning and Planning, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and
1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 66B — Zoning and Planning

8.01

(a) The preservation of structures of historic and
architectural value together with the appurtenances and
environmental settings is a public purpose in this State.
The board of county commissioners [[or county council]]
of every county in the State and the mayor and city
council, by whatever name, known, of every municipal
corporation [[in this State and ]], EXCEPT the mayor and
city council of Baltimore City [[has power]] MAY, by
ordinance or resolution [[to]] regulate the construction.