2774

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 520

yards, and in Chesapeake Bay opposite Anne Arundel and Calvert
counties it is 700 yards.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a
license for a stationary blind or blind site in the water in
front of riparian property shall be issued in accordance with the
following schedule of priorities.

Stationary blind license

(1)  To the owner of riparian
property who owns not less
than the required amount of
shoreline, his lessee,
licensee, or assignee, if an
application is made before
October 11 of each year.

(2)  To the owner of riparian
property who owns less than
the required amount of shore-
line, his lessee, licensee, or
assignee if an application is
made before October 11 of each
year and' if he conforms to the
requirement of subsection
(d)(2).

(3) Not applicable.

Blind site license
Same

To the owner of riparian
property who owns less than
the¹ required amount of
shoreline, his lessee,
licensee, or assignee, if an
application is made after
October 10 and before October
22, inclusive of each year.

To any resident nonowner     of

shoreline who applies for   the

license after October' 21     of
each year.

(c) (1) In Kent and Queen Anne's counties only a riparian
owner owning the required amount of shoreline, his lessee,
licensee, or assignee, may erect and maintain a stationary blind
or blind site, if he applies before October 11 of each year.

(2)  A resident who -applies for a license for a
stationary blind or blind site in ' the water adjacent to
Bloodsworth Island in Dorchester County is not required to obtain
permission from the riparian owner notwithstanding any other
provision of this section.

(3)   IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, THE COUNTY IS EXEMPT FROM
ANY REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT OF THIS SUBTITLE, INCLUDING THE
PAYMENT OF FEES, FOR ANY OFF-SHORE STATIONARY BLIND THAT THE
COUNTY HAS REGISTERED IN PREVIOUS YEARS OR WILL REGISTER IN THE
FUTURE FOR ANY WATERFRONT PUBLIC PROPERTY OWNED BY THE COUNTY AND
LOCATED IN THE COUNTY. TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE, THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND
PARKS NEED ONLY NOTIFY THE CLERK OF THE ' COURT IN ANNE ARUNDEL
COUNTY AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE WATERFRONT PUBLIC PROPERTY IS
UNAVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REGISTRATION.