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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 2377
(2) (I) "FLOATING HOME" MEANS ANY VESSEL, WHETHER
SELF-PROPELLED OR NOT, THAT:
1. IS USED, DESIGNATED, OR OCCUPIED
PRIMARILY AS A PERMANENT DWELLING UNIT OR PLACE OF BUSINESS OR
FOR ANY PRIVATE OR SOCIAL CLUB; AND
2. HAS A VOLUME COEFFICIENT THAT IS
GREATER THAN 3,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS BASED ON THE RATIO OF
THE HABITABLE SPACE OF THE VESSEL MEASURED IN CUBIC FEET AND THE
DRAFT OF THE VESSEL MEASURED IN FEET OF DEPTH.
(II) "FLOATING HOME" INCLUDES A STRUCTURE THAT:
1. IS CONSTRUCTED ON A BARGE THAT IS
PRIMARILY IMMOBILE AND OUT OF NAVIGATION; OR
2. FUNCTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY AS A LAND
STRUCTURE WHILE THE VESSEL IS MOORED OR DOCKED IN THE STATE.
(3) "WATERS OF CALVERT, CHARLES, OR ST. MARY'S
COUNTIES" MEANS ALL PUBLIC RIVERS, STREAMS, CREEKS, MARSHES,
WATERCOURSES, WATERWAYS, AND ALL OTHER BODIES OF WATER, NATURAL
OR ARTIFICIAL, THAT ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF CALVERT,
CHARLES, OR ST. MARY'S COUNTIES.
(B) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT:
(1) CALVERT, CHARLES, AND ST. MARY'S COUNTIES ARE
THREATENED BY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FLOATING
HOMES THAT ARE BEING MOORED, DOCKED, ANCHORED, OR INSTALLED IN
THEIR WATERS;
(2) CALVERT, CHARLES, AND ST. MARY'S COUNTIES
PRESENTLY DO NOT HAVE ADOPTED PLANS, COUNTYWIDE ZONING
REGULATIONS, AND CURRENT SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THAT RELATE TO
FLOATING HOMES;
(3) IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF CALVERT, CHARLES, AND
ST. MARY'S COUNTIES AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND THAT RULES AND
REGULATIONS RELATING TO FLOATING HOMES BE. DEVELOPED, EVALUATED,
AND ADOPTED; AND
(4) IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF CALVERT, CHARLES, AND
ST. MARY'S COUNTIES AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND THAT THE MOORING,
DOCKING, ANCHORING, OR INSTALLING OF FLOATING HOMES IN THE WATERS
OF CALVERT, CHARLES, AND ST. MARY'S COUNTIES BE PROHIBITED FOR A
CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME OR UNTIL CALVERT, CHARLES, AND ST. MARY'S
COUNTIES HAVE ADOPTED AND MADE EFFECTIVE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCES AND PLANS COVERING AND APPLYING TO FLOATING HOMES.
(C) FOR 1 YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION, OR UNTIL CALVERT, CHARLES, AND OR ST. MARY'S COUNTIES
COUNTY HAVE ADOPTED AND MADE EFFECTIVE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
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