ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 416

1.	land use;
2.	utility requirements;
3.	highway needs;
4.	water and sewers;
5.	industrial uses;
6.	economic and job opportunities; and
7.	recreation and civic life; and

(iii) requires the owner of the land to pay for or provide the following
public facilities that are usually paid for or provided by a county or municipal
corporation or a unit of the county or municipal corporation under other zoning
classifications:

1.	streets and roads;
2.	walkways;
3.	open spaces;
4.	parks;
5.	school sites; and
6.	other property needed for public use;

(3)     except for intervening rights-of-way, easements, or grants for public
or quasi-public uses, be contiguous tracts of land of not less than 500 acres owned by
1 or more persons; and

(4)     be primarily undeveloped at the time the land is placed in the zoning
classification.

8-222.

(a)     To be assessed as planned development land under this section, the owner
must apply to the supervisor.

(b)     (1) [If] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, IF the
supervisor finds that the land meets the criteria of § 8-221 of this subtitle, the land
shall be assessed at the rate equal to farm or agricultural land under § 8-209 of this
subtitle.

(2) IN HOWARD COUNTY, FOR HOWARD COUNTY PROPERTY TAX
PURPOSES, A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT LAND ASSESSMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR
QUALIFIED LAND FOR NO MORE THAN 20 CONSECUTIVE YEARS BEGINNING WITH
THE TAXABLE YEAR FOLLOWING THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH THE LAND
INITIALLY QUALIFIES UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

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