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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 744

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect [[July]] June 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 745

(House Bill 1249)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County — Land Regulations

FOR the purpose of permitting the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Mary's County to prepare
regulations, and amendments to them, governing the
subdivision of land in the County; permitting the
regulations to encompass certain listed subject
areas; and generally relating to the subdivision of
land in St. Mary's County.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County
Section 145B

Article 19 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1965 Edition and 1974 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 145B be and it is hereby added
to the Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County being
Article 19 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland (1965
Edition and 1974 Supplement, as amended) to read as
follows:

Article 19

145B.

(A)   THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY PREPARE
REGULATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS TO THEM, GOVERNING THE
SUBDIVISION OF LAND WITHIN THE COUNTY.

(B)    THE REGULATIONS MAY PROVIDE FOR (1) THE
HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT; (2) THE
COORDINATION OF ROADS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION WITH OTHER
EXISTING PLANNED OR PLATTED ROADS OR WITH OTHER FEATURES
OF THE COUNTY OF WITH THE COMMISSION'S GENERAL PLAN; (3)
ADEQUATE OPEN SPACES FOR TRAFFIC, RECREATION, LIGHT, AND
AIR BY DEDICATION OR OTHERWISE, AND THE DEDICATION TO
PUBLIC USE OR CONVEYANCE OF AREAS DESIGNATED FOR
DEDICATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ZONING REGULATIONS