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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 426
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(I) THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF LAND AND
STRUCTURES REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION THROUGH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF PLANNING AND ZONING CONTROLS; AND
(II) PLANNING AND ZONING CONTROLS SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED
BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
(2) TO ACHIEVE THE PUBLIC PURPOSES OF THIS REGULATORY SCHEME,
IT IS THE POLICY OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THIS STATE THAT LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ACTION WILL DISPLACE OR LIMIT ECONOMIC COMPETITION BY
OWNERS AND USERS OF PROPERTY THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING
CONTROLS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE PUBLIC LOCAL
AND PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
[(a)] (B) (1) [For the purpose of promoting] TO PROMOTE THE health,
safety, morals, or [the] general welfare of the [community the] COMMUNITY, A
LOCAL legislative body [of counties and municipal corporations are hereby
empowered to] MAY regulate and [restrict the] RESTRICT, FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY,
RESIDENCES, AND OTHER PURPOSES:
(I) THE height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other
structures[, the];
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(II) THE percentage of A lot that may be occupied [, off-street
(III) OFF-STREET PARKING;
(IV) THE size of yards, [courts] COURTS, and other open [spaces,
(V) THE density of [population] POPULATION; and
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parking, the];
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the] SPACES;
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(VI) [the] THE location and use of buildings, signs, structures and
land [for trade, industry, residence or other purposes).
(2) (i) If [the] A LOCAL legislative body [of a county or municipal
corporation] regulates off-street parking, the LOCAL legislative body shall require
space for the parking of bicycles in a manner that the LOCAL legislative body
considers appropriate.
(ii) [The] A LOCAL legislative body may allow a reduction in the
number of required automobile parking spaces based on the availability of space for
parking bicycles.
[(b)] (C) (1) [The] ON THE ZONING OR REZONING OF ANY LAND UNDER
THIS ARTICLE, A local legislative body [of a county or municipal corporation, upon the
zoning or rezoning of any land or lands pursuant to the provisions of this article,]
may impose [such] ANY additional restrictions, conditions, or limitations [as may be
deemed] THAT THE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY CONSIDERS appropriate to preserve,
improve, or protect the general character and design[ of the] OF:
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