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2948 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 733
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BY adding to
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The Public Local Laws of Kent County
Section 475-D
Article 15 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1968 Edition and 1975 Supplement, as amended)
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SECTION 1, BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 475-D be and it is hereby
added to the Public Local Laws of Kent County being
Article 15 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland (1968
Edition and 1975 Supplement, as amended) to read as
follows:
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Article 15
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475-D.
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(A) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL APPOINT A
PEOPLE'S COUNSEL WHO SHALL REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE
PUBLIC IN GENERAL IN ZONING MATTERS AS HEREINAFTER SET
FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
(1) THE PEOPLE'S COUNSEL SHALL BE A RESIDENT
OF KENT COUNTY, A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE MARYLAND
EAR, AND ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF LAW
FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT.
(2) THE PEOPLE'S COUNSEL SHALL SERVE AT THE
PLEASURE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. HE MAY SERVE UNTIL
HE RESIGNS OR HE MAY BE REMOVED BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AT ANY TIME.
(3) THE PEOPLE'S COUNSEL SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING POWERS AND DUTIES:
(I) HE SHALL APPEAR AS A PARTY BEFORE
THE ZONING AUTHORITY OF KENT COUNTY, THE COUNTY BOARD OF
APPEALS, AND THE COURTS ON BEHALF OF THE INTERESTS OF THE
PUBLIC IN GENERAL, TO DEFEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
AND ZONING MAPS AS ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
AND IN ANY MATTER OR PROCEEDING NOW PENDING OR HEREAFTER
BROUGHT INVOLVING ZONING RECLASSIFICATION, VARIANCE, OR
SPECIAL EXCEPTION UNDER THE KENT COUNTY ZONING
REGULATIONS, IN WHICH HE MAY DEEM THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO
BE INVOLVED. HE SHALL HAVE IN THE APPEARANCE, ALL THE
SIGHTS OF COUNSEL FOR A PARTY IN INTEREST, INCLUDING THE
RIGHT TO PRESENT HIS CASE, TO CROSS EXAMINE, TO OBJECT,
TO BE HEARD, AND TO FILE AND PROSECUTE AN APPEAL IN HIS
CAPACITY AS PEOPLE'S COUNSEL FROM ANY ORDER OR ACT OF THE
ZONING AUTHORITY OF KENT COUNTY, OR OF THE COUNTY BOARD
OF APPEALS TO THE COURTS AS AN AGGRIEVED PARTY TO PROMOTE
AND PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF
THE COMMUNITY.
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(II) HE SHALL MAKE INVESTIGATIONS AS HE
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