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Ch. 426
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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The second sentence of former subsection (c) of this section is transferred
without substantive change to § 3.06(b) of this subtitle. The last three
sentences of former subsection (c) of this section is transferred without
substantive change to § 3.04(a) of this subtitle.
Former subsection (d) of this section is transferred without substantive
change to new § 3.06(a) of this subtitle.
Former subsection (e) of this section, relating to notification of projected
compliance by local jurisdictions with implementation of the plan revision
schedule under the Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning
Act of 1992, is deleted as obsolete.
3.06. [Purpose of plan; visions] FIRST ACTIONS BY LOCAL JURISDICTION;
IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN.
[(a) In the preparation of the plan the commission shall make careful and
comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the
jurisdiction, and with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory. The plan
shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing the coordinated,
adjusted, and harmonious development of the jurisdiction, and its environs which
will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals,
order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy
in the process of development; including among other things, adequate provisions for
traffic, the promotion of public safety, adequate provision for light and air,
conservation of natural resources, the prevention of environmental pollution, the
promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution of population, the promotion of
good civic design and arrangement, wise and efficient expenditure of public funds,
and the adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the
commission shall implement the following visions through the plan described in §
3.05 of this article:
(1) Development is concentrated in suitable areas;
(2) Sensitive areas are protected;
(3) In rural areas, growth is directed to existing population centers and
resource areas are protected;
(4) Stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay and the land is a universal ethic;
(5) Conservation of resources, including a reduction in resource
consumption, is practiced;
(6) To assure the achievement of paragraphs (1) through (5) of this
subsection, economic growth is encouraged and regulatory mechanisms are
streamlined; and
(7) Funding mechanisms are addressed to achieve these visions.]
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