Ch. 286                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1)     Hire contractors, labor, trucks, or equipment for the transportation of
personal property;

(2)     Pack and unpack personal property;

(3)     Disconnect and install personal property;

(4)     Insure personal property to be moved; and

(5)     Disconnect and reconnect utilities such as telephone service, gas,
water, and electricity.

[(o)] (P) "No-impact home-based business" means a business that:

(1)     Is consistent with the residential character of the dwelling unit;

(2)     Is subordinate to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes
and requires no external modifications that detract from the residential appearance
of the dwelling unit;

(3)     Uses no equipment or process that creates noise, vibration, glare,
fumes, odors, or electrical or electronic interference detectable by neighbors; and

(4)     Does not involve use, storage, or disposal of any grouping or
classification of materials that the United States Secretary of Transportation or the
State or any local governing body designates as a hazardous material.

[(p)] (Q) (1) "Proprietary lease" means an agreement with the cooperative
housing corporation under which a member has an exclusive possessory interest in a
unit and a possessory interest in common with other members in that portion of a
cooperative project not constituting units and which creates a legal relationship of
landlord and tenant between the cooperative housing corporation and the member,
respectively.

(2) "Proprietary lease" includes, if there is no other document that
satisfies paragraph (1) of this subsection, a membership certificate.

[(q)] (R) "Residential rental facility" means property containing at least 10
dwelling units leased for residential purposes.

[(r)] (S) "Unit" means a portion of the cooperative project leased for exclusive
occupancy by a member under a proprietary lease.

5-6B-18.3.

(A) NOTWITHSTANDING LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE GOVERNING
DOCUMENTS OF A COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION, THE COOPERATIVE
HOUSING CORPORATION MAY PROVIDE NOTICE OF A MEETING OR DELIVER
INFORMATION TO A MEMBER BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION IF:

(1) THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COOPERATIVE HOUSING
CORPORATION GIVES THE COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION THE AUTHORITY
TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF A MEETING OR DELIVER INFORMATION BY ELECTRONIC
TRANSMISSION;

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