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Encroachments across property lines, zoning provisions added....................... 4772

Forest conservation provisions, including forest stand delineation and forest

conservation plan requirements, added......................................................... 4774

Lot area requirements for public utility structures, amended......................... 4773

Lot width variances, provisions altered.............................................................. 4775

Nonconforming structures, permitting requirements clarified......................... 4774

Ocean City, referendum petitions, manner of determining number of

necessary signatures and time for filing, provisions altered ......................... 4753

On-premise signs, regulations revised .............................................................. 4774

Pocomoke City, annexation................................................................................. 4754

Property tax credit for property used for research and development activities,

provisions added ......................................................................................... 4773

Sanitary Service Areas -
Contract charges, interim forms of assessment, arid assessment appeals

procedure, provisions added ..................................................................... 4775

Creation and operation, provisions added .....................................................4772

Sewer, term replaced with the term wastewater............................................... 4773

Shared sanitary facilities, establishment and operation, provisions added ..... 4772

Shorelines, definition of routine maintenance and repair clarified, and

provisions for construction standards amended............................................ 4776

Snow Hill -

Annexation ....................................................................................................... 4759

Code enforcement officer, name changed from zoning inspector; Planning
Commission, name changed from Planning and Zoning Commission;

penalties for ordinance violations, provisions altered .............................. 4759

-Volunteer fire companies, use of county contract services, provisions added . 4775
Zoning Appeals, Board of, jurisdiction over forest conservation matters,

provisions added............................................................................................... 4775

Work, Labor and Employment —
SEE ALSO Leave; Salaries
Anne Arundel County -

Employee classification plan amended; county attorney required to serve on

a full-time basis........................................................................................... 4787

Howard County -
Discrimination complaints, public identification of complainant and
respondent after parties notified of scheduled hearing date, provisions

added ............................................................................................................ 4830

Employee classification plan, classes added, and minimum specifications,

titles, and pay grades altered...................................................................... 4828

Firefighter personnel, period of validity of qualifying registers, altered ..... 4830

. Hiring county employees on the basis of merit, provisions altered ............. 4829

Montgomery County -

County employee classification actions, administrative review, requirements

amended ....................................................................................................... 4832

Employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, exception

repealed ........................................................................................................ 4835

Smoking in county government and government-related workplaces,

prohibited..................................................................................................... 4831

Prince George's County -
Employees of former governmental agencies, noncompetitive appointment,
provisions added .......................................................................................... 4866

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