Md. Code, Land Use § 5-103
This is the official text of Md. Code, Land Use § 5-103, part of Maryland’s Code, Land Use — governs zoning and land use planning.
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§5–103.
Official statutory text
(a) Before adoption of a subdivision regulation, the legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the subdivision regulation.
(b) The legislative body shall publish a notice of the public hearing at least once in a weekly or daily newspaper that circulates in the local jurisdiction.
(c) The notice shall contain:
(1) the text of the subdivision regulation or, at the discretion of the legislative body, a brief and accurate summary of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation sufficient to inform an individual of ordinary intelligence of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation; and
(2) the time and place of the public hearing.
(d) When the legislative body adopts a subdivision regulation, the legislative body shall file a certified copy of the subdivision regulation with the clerk of the circuit court in which the local jurisdiction is located for recording.
(b) The legislative body shall publish a notice of the public hearing at least once in a weekly or daily newspaper that circulates in the local jurisdiction.
(c) The notice shall contain:
(1) the text of the subdivision regulation or, at the discretion of the legislative body, a brief and accurate summary of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation sufficient to inform an individual of ordinary intelligence of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation; and
(2) the time and place of the public hearing.
(d) When the legislative body adopts a subdivision regulation, the legislative body shall file a certified copy of the subdivision regulation with the clerk of the circuit court in which the local jurisdiction is located for recording.
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