WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                     Ch. 74

4.04.

(a)  The local legislative body shall provide for the manner
in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of
such districts shall be determined, established, and enforced,
and from time to time amended, supplemented, modified, or
repealed. However, a regulation, restriction, or boundary may
not become effective until 10 days after at least 1 public
hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and
citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard.

(b)   [Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,
notice] NOTICE of the time and place of the public hearing,
together with a summary of the proposed regulation, restriction,
or boundary, shall be published in at least 1 newspaper of
general circulation in the jurisdiction once each week for 2
successive weeks, with the first such publication of notice
appearing at least 14 days prior to the hearing.

[(c) In St. Mary's County, only 1 publication of notice and
summary is required at least 14 days prior to the hearing.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 74

(House Bill 236)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Residential Subdivision Speed Limits

FOR the purpose of authorizing St. Mary's County to set maximum
speed limits on residential subdivision roads by posting the
maximum speed limit on main access roads into the
subdivision and, in certain circumstances, on roads entering
the subdivision from a through road; requiring that a
certain posted speed limit apply on a subdivision road under
certain circumstances; providing a certain exception;
establishing certain factors to be considered in setting
certain maximum speed limits; and generally relating to
speed limits in residential subdivisions in St. Mary's
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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