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Zoning regulations, amended to conform to State critical area law and
criteria; review of zoning issues streamlined; intrafamily transfer

process in R.C. 20 and R.C. 50 zones, provisions added....................... 5483

Commercial recreation facilities, definition altered for zoning purposes;

allowed as permitted and special exception uses in certain

manufacturing zones ................................................................................... 5486

County council employees and employees of the office of the county

auditor, added to exempt service ................................................................ 5490

County purchasing agent and delegation of purchasing functions, Charter

provisions altered ........................................................................................ 5490

Economic Development Revolving Financing Fund, established to provide

financial assistance to economic development efforts .............................. 5488

Financial audit of all county agencies by external auditor, Charter

provisions altered ........................................................................................ 5490

Government reorganized; Office of Finance and Office of Budget, merged;

bureaus within Department of Public Works and Department of

Environmental Protection and Resource Management, abolished and

created; Metropolitan District functions, transferred .............................. 5488

Grant application and review procedures, provisions added ....................... 5491

Human Relations Commission, jurisdiction expanded and term provisions

altered .......................................................................................................... 5484

Interim development controls for elementary school capacity, extended ... 5488

5492
Livability Code, extended to vacant structures and exterior maintenance

of owner-occupied housing; financial assistance for repair costs,

provisions added; rental property provisions amended; enforcement and

penalty provisions added and amended..................................................... 5487

Neighborhood preservation and stabilization property tax credit, created . 5489
Parades, permission and notice for vendors to sell merchandise along

parade route, provisions added .................................................................. 5486

Probationary period for jobs in the classified service, and starting date for

computation of paid vacation, provisions altered ..................................... 5485

Property tax refunds to disabled veterans or blind individuals, provisions

added ............................................................................................................ 5486

Public nuisance alarms, prohibition and abatement, provisions added ..... 5485

Tattooing of minors, prohibitions and penalties added ................................ 5492

Berlin (Worcester County) —
Administrative director, appointment, duties, and compensation,

provisions added .......................................................................................... 5411

Checks issued to pay municipal obligations, vice president of the council

authorized to sign in place of mayor.......................................................... 5412

Clerk-treasurer, position deleted; title of administrative director

substituted for clerk-treasurer in various provisions; fiscal year altered 5412
Council meetings, provisions concerning time, special meetings, and closed

sessions, altered ........................................................................................... 5412

Billboards SEE Signs and Billboards
Blind Persons —
Baltimore County -

Property tax refunds to disabled veterans or blind individuals,

provisions added ...................................................................................... 5486

Howard County -

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