Ch. 411

LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY adding to

Article - Financial Institutions

Section 13-306(i)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY renumbering

Article - Financial Institutions

Section 13-301(i) through (k), respectively

to be Section 13-301(h) through (j), respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Financial Institutions

13-301.

(d)  (1) "Group home" means a housing facility offering:

(i) Common, shared or independent living,
dining, kitchen, sanitary, and sleeping facilities; and

(ii) Supportive services or supervisory
personnel to individuals with special housing needs where the
individuals are not related to the group home sponsor. [Group
home shall include emergency and temporary housing facilities.]

(2) SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL AND PERMITTING PROCEDURES
OF THE LOCAL ZONING AUTHORITY, A "GROUP HOME" THAT WILL HOUSE 4
OR MORE INDIVIDUALS MAY PROVIDE IN A MINOR PORTION OF THE
BUILDING'S SPACE FOR NONRESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH ARE IN
CONFORMANCE WITH LOCAL ZONING REQUIREMENTS, THAT MAY NOT BE
DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HOUSING FACILITY, BUT WHICH OFFER GOODS
OR SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF LIMITED INCOME OR OTHERWISE
DISADVANTAGED PERSONS.

[(2)] (3) [Emergency and temporary housing facilities
for homeless persons may be financed as a] A group home [and]
need not include all of the facilities described in subsection
(d)(1)(i) of this section IF IT PROVIDES EMERGENCY AND TEMPORARY
HOUSING FACILITIES FOR HOMELESS PERSONS.

(e)  "Group home sponsor" means [a nonprofit organization
that is] a borrower under the program who owns and operates a
group home. AND WHO IS:

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