WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 86

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of Calvert County
Section 11-201 through 11-207, inclusive
Article 5 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1986 Edition and 1991 Supplement, as amended)

Preamble

WHEREAS, There is an Industrial Park Authority of Calvert County; and

WHEREAS, The Authority's mission is to enhance economic development in
Calvert County; and

WHEREAS, The Authority has successfully developed an industrial site in Calvert
County that employs approximately 500 individuals; and

WHEREAS, The County Commissioners have deemed it advisable and useful to
expand the jurisdiction and scope of the Industrial Park Authority; now, therefore,

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

Article 5 - Calvert County

11-201.

(a)     In this subtitle the following words and terms have the meanings indicated,
unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent.

(b)     "Authority" means the industrial park authority of Calvert County.

(c)      "County" means the body politic and corporate of the State of Maryland
known as the County Commissioners of Calvert County.

(d)      ["Industrial Park"] "ECONOMIC PROPERTIES" means a tract of land, the
control and administration of which are vested in a single body, suitable UNDER STATE
OR LOCAL LAW AND POLICIES for industrial OR COMMERCIAL use because of location,
topography, proper zoning, availability of utilities, and accessibility to transportation.
[The uses permitted are regulated by protective minimum restrictions including size of
site, parking and loading restrictions, and building setback lines from front, side, and rear
yards. The front and side yards adjacent to streets are landscaped in conformance to
planning standards set for the park.] All requirements [are] MUST BE compatible with
the community and surrounding land uses in accordance with a comprehensive plan to
enable [a group of industries to operate within it] ACCEPTABLE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO OPERATE efficiently.

(E) "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT" MEANS AN ACTIVITY MEETING
THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN THE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE
REGULATIONS OF THE CALVERT COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THE POLICIES
SET FORTH IN THE TOWN CENTER PLANS THAT WILL CREATE EXPANDED TAX
REVENUES OR JOB GENERATION WITHIN AND ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.

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