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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 207
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(2) provide to each State agency and unit of State government the
location of priority funding areas; and
(3) make available to each county, and to the public for review, copies of
maps illustrating:
(i) priority funding areas certified by the local governments; and
(ii) any comments by the Office of Planning on the areas certified.
[(b)] (C) By October 1, 1998, the Office of Planning shall complete surveys of
municipal, county, and State governments for infrastructure needs and shall
maintain a list of needed projects that includes information relating to the financial
capacity of the affected unit of government to undertake such projects.
[(c)] (D) A copy of this list of projects shall be made available upon request to
members of the General Assembly, local government officials, and the general public.
(E) THE OFFICE OF PLANNING SHALL:
(1) DRAFT MODEL LAND-USE CODES FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND
SMART NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT;
(2) DRAFT GUIDELINES TO PROVIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH
INFORMATION ON INNOVATIVE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES TO
ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND SMART NEIGHBORHOOD
DEVELOPMENT;
(3) CIRCULATE THE MODELS AND GUIDELINES TO OTHER STATE
AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS; AND
(4) WORK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, STATE AGENCIES, AND
DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THE VOLUNTARY
ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF THESE MODELS
AND GUIDELINES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IMPLEMENTING THE INTENT OF THE
MODELS AND GUIDELINES REQUIRED TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING UNDER THIS SECTION.
[(d)] (F) Each State agency subject to this subtitle shall report annually to the
Office of Planning on the implementation of this subtitle in a form approved by the
Office of Planning.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the incentives the
Maryland Office of Planning is required to develop under this Act may not condition
local government eligibility for State funding on local adoption of the models and
guidelines developed under this Act.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That nothing in this Act
shall limit, expand, or otherwise change the authority of local jurisdictions, the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, or the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission to regulate planning, zoning, and subdivision, as
provided in Article 23A, 25, 25A, 25B, 28, and 66B of the Code.
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