Ch. 683

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2. BECOME VOID UPON THE DEATH OF THE PERSON FOR
WHOSE BENEFIT THE RELEASE WAS INTENDED IF THE FOUNDATION HAS NOT YET
RECEIVED A BUILDING PERMIT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.

(V)     ANY RELEASE OR PRELIMINARY RELEASE ISSUED UNDER THIS
PARAGRAPH SHALL INCLUDE A STATEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT
WAS ISSUED, A CERTIFICATION BY THE FOUNDATION THAT ALL NECESSARY
CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE OR PRELIMINARY RELEASE HAVE BEEN MET, AND
COPIES OF ANY PERTINENT DOCUMENTS.

(VI)    ANY RELEASE, PRELIMINARY RELEASE, BUILDING PERMIT, OR
OTHER DOCUMENT ISSUED OR SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
PARAGRAPH SHALL BE RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS WHERE THE LAND
IS LOCATED AND SHALL BIND ALL FUTURE OWNERS.                                                     

(VII)  THE FOUNDATION MAY NOT RESTRICT THE ABILITY OF A
LANDOWNER WHO ORIGINALLY SOLD AN EASEMENT TO ACQUIRE A RELEASE
UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED IN THIS
SECTION.                                                                                                                                     

[(3) If regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment require a
minimum lot size of not less than 2 acres in areas where there is less than 4 feet of
unsaturated, unconsolidated soil material below the bottom of an on-site sewage disposal
system, or in areas located within 2,500 feet of the normal water level of an existing or
proposed water supply reservoir, then the restriction of paragraph (2) of this subsection
concerning maximum lot sizes is altered for the construction of a dwelling house for the
use only of that landowner or landowner's child so that the maximum lot size in those
areas is 2 acres.]                                                                                                                       

(3)      THE RESTRICTION OF PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION
CONCERNING MAXIMUM LOT SIZES IS ALTERED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
DWELLING HOUSE FOR THE USE ONLY OF THAT LANDOWNER OR CHILD OF THE
LANDOWNER SO THAT THE MAXIMUM LOT SIZE IS 2 ACRES IF:

(I)       REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
ENVIRONMENT REQUIRE A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF NOT LESS THAN 2 ACRES IN
AREAS WHERE THERE IS LESS THAN 4 FEET OF UNSATURATED AND
UNCONSOLIDATED SOIL MATERIAL BELOW THE BOTTOM OF AN ON-SITE SEWAGE
DISPOSAL SYSTEM OR IN AREAS LOCATED WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF THE NORMAL
WATER LEVEL OF AN EXISTING OR PROPOSED WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIR; OR

(II)     REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE
LAND IS SITUATED REQUIRE THAT THE LOT BE LARGER THAN 1 ACRE.                   

(4)      A landowner may construct housing for tenants fully engaged in
operation of the farm, but this construction may not exceed 1 tenant house per 100 acres
The land on which a tenant house is constructed may not be subdivided or conveyed to
any person. In addition, the tenant house may not be conveyed separately from the
original parcel.

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