Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 1 - Development Mechanisms
Section 7-101 - Local Authority

To encourage the preservation of natural resources or the provision of affordable housing and to facilitate orderly development and growth, a local jurisdiction that exercises authority granted by this division may enact, and is encouraged to enact, local laws providing for or requiring:
        (1)    the planning, staging, or provision of adequate public facilities and affordable housing;
        (2)    off–site improvements or the dedication of land for public facilities essential for a development;
        (3)    moderately priced dwelling unit programs;
        (4)    mixed use developments;
        (5)    cluster developments;
        (6)    planned unit developments;
        (7)    alternative subdivision requirements that:
            (i)    meet minimum performance standards set by the local jurisdiction; and
            (ii)    reduce infrastructure costs;
        (8)    floating zones;
        (9)    incentive zoning; and
        (10)    performance zoning.

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