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(2) THE POWERS GRANTED BY THIS SUBSECTION INCLUDE THE
POWER TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS.

(3) No regulation may prohibit the use of any land by
the owner of such land or the holder of any easement or right
therein or his tenant for farming, other agricultural uses
exclusively or, within Prince George's County for the purposes of
storing natural or artificial gas at a level below 500 feet from
the surface of the earth.

(4) The County Council for Montgomery County, sitting
as a district council, may not receive an application for a
zoning map amendment upon the same land which has been the
subject of a previous zoning application for map amendment filed
after June 1, 1965, for the same zoning classification upon which
there was a decision on the merits unless 36 months have expired
since the filing of the application for the previous zoning map
amendment upon which there was a decision on the merits. Further,
an application for a zoning map amendment filed with the County
Council for Montgomery County, sitting as a district council,
shall set forth the names of all persons having a substantial
interest in the subject property of the application, such
substantial interest to include all those persons with a share in
such property amounting to five percent or more whether held in
an individual or corporate capacity of the full cash value of
such property exclusive of all mortgages, deeds of trust, liens
and encumbrances. It shall also set forth the names of all
contract purchasers and all those persons holding a mortgage, a
deed of trust, or an option to purchase the property. However,
the aforegoing time limitation and name requirement do not apply
to applications filed by the district council or by the
Commission.

Article 66B - Zoning and Planning

7.03.

Except as provided in §§ 3.05(A)(l)(V), 3.05(A) (3) (I) AND
(II), 7.01(c) [and 3.05(a)(1)(v) and (3)(i) and (ii)], AND 11.01
of this [subtitle] ARTICLE, this article does not apply to the
chartered counties of Maryland.

11.01.

(A) IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL
RESOURCES AND TO FACILITATE ORDERLY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE
STATE, ANY COUNTY AND ANY MUNICIPALITY EXERCISING ITS PLANNING,
ZONING, OR SUBDIVISION AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THIS ARTICLE MAY
ENACT PROVISIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS REGULATIONS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, INCLUDING BALTIMORE CITY, THAT EXERCISES AUTHORITY
GRANTED BY THIS ARTICLE MAY ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR THE TRANSFER

OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.