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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 8

(I)  EXCEPT FOR REZONING THAT RESULTS FROM
CORRECTION OF AN ERROR IN ORIGINAL ZONING, LAND ZONED ON OR
BEFORE JULY 1, 1972, FOR INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR MULTIFAMILY
RESIDENTIAL USE, IF THE ZONING OCCURRED ON THE APPLICATION OR AT
THE REQUEST OF A PERSON WHO HAS OR PREVIOUSLY HAD AN OWNERSHIP
INTEREST IN THE LAND;

(II)  LAND REZONED AFTER JULY 1, 1972, TO A MORE
INTENSIVE USE THAN THE USE PERMITTED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 1972,
IF A PERSON WITH AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE LAND HAS APPLIED
FOR OR REQUESTED THE REZONING;

(III)  LAND USED AS A HOMESITE, WHICH MEANS THE
AREA OF LAND THAT IS REASONABLY RELATED TO A DWELLING;

(IV)  PARCELS OF LAND OF LESS THAN 3 ACRES THAT
ARE UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP EXCLUDING THE HOMESITE UNLESS:

1.  THE LAND IS OWNED BY AN OWNER OF
ADJOINING LAND THAT IS RECEIVING THE FARM OR AGRICULTURAL USE
ASSESSMENT AND IS ACTIVELY USED;

2.  THE OWNER RECEIVES AT LEAST 51% OF THE
OWNER'S GROSS INCOME FROM THE ACTIVE USE; OR

3.  THE PARCELS ARE PART OF A FAMILY FARM
UNIT;

(V)  IF PART OF A SUBDIVISION PLAT, PARCELS OF
LAND OF LESS THAN 10 ACRES THAT ARE OWNED BY AN OWNER OF 5 OTHER
PARCELS OF LAND OF LESS THAN 10 ACRES EACH THAT ARE LOCATED IN
THE SAME COUNTY AND THAT ARE RECEIVING THE FARM OR AGRICULTURAL
USE ASSESSMENT; OR

(VI)  PARCELS OF WOODLAND OF LESS THAN 5 ACRES
EXCLUDING THE HOMESITE.

(2) NO MORE THAN 2 PARCELS OF LESS THAN 3 ACRES UNDER
THE SAME OWNERSHIP MAY QUALIFY FOR THE AGRICULTURAL USE
ASSESSMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a) through (c) and (e) through
(h) of this section are new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 81, § 19(b)(1) and
(2).

Subsection (d) of this section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 81, §
14(b)(2).

In subsection (c) of this section, the references to
land "actively used" and "valued" are substituted for
the former references to land "actively devoted" and
"assessed", for clarity.