BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                         1133

shall be known as the general plan for the
Maryland—Washington Regional District. The general plan,
including maps, plats, charts, and descriptive matter, shall
show the Commission's recommendations for the development of
the district, which may include, among other things, such
matters as (1) the location, arrangement, character and
extent of roads, waterways, waterfronts, beaches, docks, and
wharves, parks, forests, squares, aviation fields, airways,
subways, wildlife refuges, open development areas and other
ways, grounds and open spaces; (2) the general location of
public, including federal buildings and other public
properties; (3) the general location and extent of public
utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned
or operated, for light, transportation, communication,
power, sewer, water, and other purposes; (4) the
preservation and development of forests and natural scenery;
(5) the general location and extent of housing and community
projects and developments; and (6) a zoning plan for the
regulation of the height, area, bulk, location, and uses of
buildings and the uses of land, and other factors of urban,
suburban, rural, and regional planning. Further the
Commission may include in the plan, or part thereof, and may
so designate, any land or area of Prince George's County
which has been designated as an "urban renewal area" by the
Commission and by the County Commissioners of Prince
George's County or by the governing body of any incorporated
municipality of Prince George's County and under the
authority granted to these bodies by the General Assembly.
In an area so designated, and included in the plan or part
thereof, the Commission, in accordance with procedures
hereinafter provided for, may indicate that the land or area
is reserved for urban renewal purposes. Further, the
Commission may indicate a special zoning classification for
this land or area, if applicable. The Commission shall then
recommend to the district council an appropriate
classification. However, if the governing body designating
the land or area as an urban area fails to make substantial
progress in development of plans for the redevelopment
within one calendar year, or fails to complete and adopt a
plan of redevelopment within one calendar year, or fails to
complete and adopt a plan of redevelopment for the area
within two calendar years of the date of the designation,
the land or area may no longer be considered to be reserved
for urban renewal purposes.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved April 11, 1978.

CHAPTER 154
(House Bill 1233)