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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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(II) ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY,
(III) BALTIMORE COUNTY,
(IV) CECIL COUNTY,
(V) HOWARD COUNTS,
(VI) PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY,
(VII) QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY; INCLUDED,
HOWEVER, IN SUBSECTIONS (F) AND(S)(2) (S)(3),
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(VIII) WORCESTER COUNTY; INCLUDED,
HOWEVER, IN SUBSECTIONS (L), (S)(2), (X) AND (X-1).
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(s) (2) (I) The county commissioners of
Harford, Frederick, Caroline, Calvert, Dorchester,
Worcester, QUEEN ANNE'S and Kent counties may adopt, and
from time to time may amend, supplement or abrogate, a
building code and a housing code, or either of such
codes. The building code, if a adopted, shall provide and
prescribe regulations for the issuance of building
permits to be required prior to the construction or
improvement of any buildings; and any such code shall
prescribe standards of construction, maintenance, and
repair, covering structural safety, fire prevention
requirements, lights and ventilation, and proper means of
ingress and egress. The housing code, if adopted, shall
provide and prescribe regulations and standards for human
habitation, covering sanitation, density of occupancy,
open space requirements, rodent infestation, and human
standards of occupancy.
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(II) A building code and a housing
code, if either is adopted, and all regulations
thereunder, shall be designed to assure and protect the
public health, safety comfort, and moral and economic
welfare. They may include provisions enforcement,
including the appointment and maintenance of inspectors
and including penalties for a violation of either a code
or the regulations thereunder.
(III) Any such code may incorporate by
reference a portion or all, if applicable, of either a
building code or a housing code, as the case may be,
issued or proposed and made available for general
circulation by any governmental agency or by any trade or
professional association; but any subsequent amendment to
or change in whatever is adopted by reference [shall] IS
not [be] effective in Harford, Frederick, Caroline,
Worcester, QUEEN ANNE'S and Kent counties until and
unless it is specifically incorporated therein by action
of the board of county commissioners.
(IV) All buildings on a farm and on any
premises devoted solely to agricultural pursuits are
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