PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 649

of locally elected officials from pursing a sensible and fiscally responsible approach to this
complex problem.

For these reasons, I have vetoed Senate Bill 649.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 649

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Subdivision Plat Approval - Certifications for Major Plats

FOR the purpose of requiring the planning commission to require certification from
certain agencies of the adequacy of certain public facilities before approving only a
final major subdivision plat; authorizing the planning commission to consider a
failure to provide the certification as a basis for denying only a final subdivision
plat; exempting from the certification requirement a subdivision plat for a certain
maximum number of lots if the plat is a minor subdivision plat or a plat in an
agricultural district in a nonagricultural zoned area or an agricultural zoned area from
the certification requirement; requiring the Board of County Commissioners of Carroll
County to conduct a public hearing before implementing certain rules or regulations that
are not in effect by a certain date; providing for the termination of this Act; and
generally relating to the approval of subdivision plats in Carroll County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 66B - Zoning and Planning
Section 5.03(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 66B - Zoning and Planning

5.03.

(d) (1) In Carroll County, prior to any approval of a preliminary or final MAJOR
subdivision plat, the commission shall require certification of the adequacy of public
facilities by the agencies having jurisdiction over public facilities in Carroll County
including, but not limited to, the following: schools, public water and sewerage facilities,
police protection, roads and traffic control devices, storm drain facilities, emergency
service facilities, health care facilities and solid waste disposal facilities.

(2) The commission may consider and may use the failure of any agency or
agencies to certify the adequacy of any public facility or facilities to serve a proposed
subdivision as a basis for disapproval of [a preliminary or] ONLY A final subdivision
plat.

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