MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1077

AIRCRAFT, OR THE SAFETY OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY ON LAND
OR WATER.

(C)    EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS
SECTION, A PERSON MAY NOT BUILD, PERMIT TO BE BUILT, OR
PERMIT ANY OBJECT TO GROW TO A HEIGHT THAT CONSTITUTES AN
OBSTRUCTION TO AIR NAVIGATION AT OR NEAR ANY LICENSED
PUBLIC USE AIRPORT IN VIOLATION OF ADMINISTRATION RULES
AND REGULATIONS.

(D)    (1) POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND JOINT ZONING
BOARDS ESTABLISHED UNDER §8-801 MAY GRANT ANY VARIANCE TO
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION THAT WILL NOT ENDANGER THE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.

(2)    UNLESS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE
APPROPRIATE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR JOINT ZONING BOARD
OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS PROVIDES OTHERWISE, A PERSON
DESIRING A MAXIMUM HEIGHT VARIANCE MAY APPLY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING A
VARIANCE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGULATIONS OF THE
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.

(3)    A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR JOINT ZONING
BOARD SHALL NOTIFY THE ADMINISTRATION TEN DAYS BEFORE ANY
HEARING ON A VARIANCE TO SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION.

(E)    THIS SECTION DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY CHANGE IN
HEIGHT OR LOCATION OF ANY STRUCTURE OR OBJECT OF NATURAL
GROWTH IN EXISTENCE OR ANY STRUCTURE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.

(F)    THE ADMINISTRATION, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS,
AND JOINT ZONING BOARDS MAY REQUIRE THE OWNER OF ANY
STRUCTURE OR OBJECT OF NATURAL GROWTH THAT EXCEEDS THE
HEIGHT LIMITATIONS OF SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION TO
INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN SUITABLE OBSTRUCTION
MARKERS AND OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS.

8-805.

IF ANY AIRPORT ZONING REGULATION ADOPTED UNDER THIS
ARTICLE CONFLICTS WITH ANY OTHER REGULATION APPLICABLE TO
THE SAME AREA, THE MORE STRINGENT REGULATION SHALL
PREVAIL.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 410
(House Bill 682)