2274                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 779

OF A PLAN OR ITS APPROPRIATENESS AND COMPLETENESS IN
RELATION TO THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTION AND REVIEW.

(B) (1) THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT COUNCIL SHALL
PROVIDE FOR ITS COUNTY, PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH
IN THIS SECTION, TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY AND FEASIBLE:

(I) THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL INITIATE,
AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL SHALL ADOPT AND FROM TIME TO TIME
AMEND A MAP SHOWING THE ENTIRE AREA OF THAT COUNTY WITHIN
THE REGIONAL DISTRICT, DIVIDED INTO LOCAL PLANNING AREAS.
PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF THE MAP, THE DISTRICT
COUNCIL SHALL CONSULT WITH THE COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO
THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LOCAL PLANNING AREAS LOCATED WHOLLY OR
PARTIALLY WITHIN THAT COUNTY AND, IN THE EVENT OF
DISAGREEMENT AS TO BOUNDARIES, THE DECISION OF THE DISTRICT
COUNCIL SHALL PREVAIL WITHIN THE AREA OF ITS JURISDICTION;

(II)   THAT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WORK
PROGRAM AND BUDGET ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF THAT
COUNTY, THE COMMISSION SHALL INITIATE AND ADOPT, AND FROM
TIME TO TIME MAY AMEND OR REVISE, A LOCAL MASTER PLAN FOR
EACH PLANNING AREA, ANY PART THEREOF, OR ANY COMBINATION OF
CONTIGUOUS PLANNING AREAS;

(III)  THAT A LOCAL MASTER   PLAN MAY INCLUDE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ZONING, STAGING OF     DEVELOPMENT AND
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, AND PUBLIC SERVICES     RELATIVE TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN;

(IV)   THAT A LOCAL MASTER PLAN SHALL BE
BASED UPON AND INCLUDE IN GREATER DETAIL, BUT NEED NOT BE
LIMITED TO, THE SAME FACTORS, ELEMENTS, AND CONDITIONS AS
CONTAINED IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND AMENDMENTS THERETO; AND

(V)    THAT A LOCAL MASTER PLAN OR ANY
AMENDMENT THERETO, ADOPTED HEREAFTER, SHALL SHOW ON A MAP
CONTAINED WITHIN THE PLAN, THE BOUNDARY OF THE AREA WITHIN
WHICH IT APPLIES.

(2)    A LOCAL MASTER PLAN OR ANY AMENDMENT
THERETO SHALL BE, UPON APPROVAL BY THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT
COUNCIL AND ADOPTION BY THE COMMISSION, AN AMENDMENT TO THE
GENERAL PLAN IF SO DESIGNATED BY THAT DISTRICT COUNCIL.

(3)    ANY PLAN ADOPTED PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF,
OR ANY AMENDMENT TO, THE PLANNING AREA MAP SHALL CONTINUE IN
FORCE AND SHALL NOT BE INVALIDATED BY THE FACT THAT ITS
BOUNDARIES CO NOT CORRESPOND TO THE BOUNDARIES AS SHOWN ON
THE PLANNING AREA MAP.

(c) (1) The Commission may make and adopt and from
time to time amend, functional master plans for the various
elements of the general plan, including but not limited to
master plans of highways, transportation lines, schools,
libraries, hospitals and health centers, parks and other
open spaces, police stations, fire stations, and utilities,