Ch. 529

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) A statement of goals and objectives, principles, policies, and
standards which shall serve as a guide for the development and economic and social
well-being of the jurisdiction;

(ii) A land use plan element which shall show proposals for the most
appropriate and desirable patterns for the general location, character, extent, and
interrelationship of the manner in which the community should use its public and private
land at specified times as far into the future as is reasonable. Such land use may include,
without being limited to, public and private, residential, commercial, industrial,
agricultural, and recreational land uses;

(iii) A transportation plan element which shall show proposals for the
most appropriate and desirable patterns for the general location, character, and extent of
the channels, routes, and terminals for transportation facilities, and for the circulation of
persons and goods at specified times as far into the future as is reasonable. Such
channels, routes, and terminals may include, without being limited to, all types of
highways or streets, railways, waterways, airways, routings for mass transit, and terminals
for people, goods, and vehicles related to highways, airways, waterways, and railways;

(iv) A community facilities plan element which shall show proposals for
the most appropriate and desirable patterns for the general location, character, and
extent of public and semipublic buildings, land, and facilities for specified times as far
into the future as is reasonable. Such facilities may include, without being limited to,
parks and recreation areas, schools and other educational and cultural facilities, libraries,
churches, hospitals, social welfare and medical facilities, institutions, fire stations, police
stations, jails, or other public office or administrative facilities;

(v) If current geological information is available, a mineral resources
plan element that:

1.       Identifies undeveloped land that should be kept in its
undeveloped state until the land can be used to provide or assist in providing a continuous
supply of minerals, as defined in § 7-6A-01(i) of the Natural Resources Article;

2.       Identifies appropriate post-excavation uses for this land that
are consistent with the county's land planning process; and

3.       Incorporates land use policies and recommendations for
regulations to [prevent the preemption of mineral resource extraction by other land
uses] BALANCE MINERAL RESOURCE EXTRACTION WITH OTHER LAND USES AND,
TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE, TO PREVENT THE PREEMPTION OF MINERAL RESOURCES
EXTRACTION BY OTHER USES; AND

4.        HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROPOSED PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE PROGRAMS AND GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT;

(vi) An element which shall contain the planning commission's
recommendation for land development regulations to implement the plan and which
encourages the following:

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