PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 733

(I) A residentially zoned and developed lot containing a maximum of

2 acres;

(II) Any property that has one of the following residential base zone
zoning classifications as provided for in the 1992 Charles County Zoning Ordinance:

1. RL;

2. RM;

3. RH;

4. RV;

5. RR;

6. PUD; or

7. WPC; or

(III) Any undeveloped land of 10 acres or less within a clustered

development.

(2) "Residential property" does not include land used for farming.

85-2.

The following conditions on residential property are declared to be unhealthy and
unsightly conditions constituting public nuisances that endanger the life, health, safety,
and welfare of the entire county by affording a breeding place for or attracting insects,
rodents or reptiles, or that otherwise create a substantial risk of danger to health or safety
through disease, fire, safety hazards or other means:

(1) Accumulations of scrap, paper, junk, vehicle parts, trash, garbage,
leaves, cans, vessels, broken bottles, pieces of china, glass, debris, or other waste matter of
any kind;

(2) Grass, noxious weeds, uncultivated vegetable growth, briars, brush and
plants that are more than one foot in height; and

(3) Grease or oil.

85-3.

A. If three separate landowners from the same election district in the county OR
A LANDOWNERS' ASSOCIATION send written complaints to the County Commissioners
or their designee charging that any of the conditions under § 85-2 of this chapter exist on
residential property in the same election district or if, in the judgment of the County
Commissioners or their designee, any of the conditions under § 85-2 of this chapter on
residential property become a nuisance or affect the public health and comfort of
residents of the county, the County Commissioners or their designee shall issue a
complaint to the owner of the residential property:

(1) Stating the charges alleged; and

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