S.B. 641                                                  VETOES

WHEREAS, It is the intent of the General Assembly that State and local officials
provide bicyclists and pedestrians with safe, fair, and comparable access to State
transportation facilities; and

WHEREAS, It is the intent of the General Assembly that needed bicycle and
pedestrian improvements receive an equitable share of a reasonable degree of funding
from all transportation funds under the control of the State; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 8-101(d) through (r), respectively, of Article -
Transportation of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s)
8-101(e) through (s), respectively.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article 66B - Zoning and Planning

3.05.

(a) It shall be the function and duty of the commission to make and approve a
plan which shall be recommended to the local legislative body for adoption and which
shall serve as a guide to public and private actions and decisions to insure the
development of public and private property in appropriate relationships and which shall
include any areas outside of its boundaries which, in the commission's judgment, bear
relation to the planning responsibilities of the commission. The elements of the plan may
be exorcised EXPRESSED in words, graphics, or other appropriate form. They shall be
interrelated and each element shall describe how it relates to each of the other elements
and to the statement of objectives, principles, policies, and standards.

(1) The plan shall contain as a minimum the following elements:

(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. THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN ELEMENT SHALL ALSO PROVIDE FOR BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND TRAVELWAYS. AN ESTIMATE OF THE PROBABLE
UTILIZATION OF ANY PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE INCLUDED. Such channels,
routes, TRAVELWAYS, and terminals may include, without being limited to, all types of
highways or streets, BICYCLE WAYS, SIDEWALKS, railways, waterways, airways, routings
for mass transit, and terminals for people, goods, and vehicles related to highways,
airways, waterways, and railways;

4.01.

(a) (1) For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, or the general
welfare of the community the legislative body of counties and municipal corporations are
hereby empowered to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of

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