Maryland Statutes
Division I - Single-Jurisdiction Planning and Zoning
Title 3 - Comprehensive Plan

Subtitle 1 - Requirement and Elements

Section 3-101 - Plan Required; Municipal Inclusion - (a) A local jurisdiction shall enact, adopt, amend, and execute...

Section 3-102 - Elements -- Noncharter Counties and Municipal Corporations - (a) (1) The planning commission for a local jurisdiction shall...

Section 3-103 - Development Regulations Element - (a) The development regulations element shall include the planning commission’s...

Section 3-104 - Sensitive Areas Element - (a) A sensitive areas element shall include the goals, objectives,...

Section 3-105 - Transportation Element - (a) The transportation element may include all types of: (1)...

Section 3-106 - Water Resources Element - (a) Considering available data provided by the Department of the...

Section 3-107 - Mineral Resources Element - (a) The mineral resources element shall identify: (1) undeveloped land...

Section 3-108 - Community Facilities Element - (a) On a schedule that extends as far into the...

Section 3-109 - Areas of Critical State Concern Element - The areas of critical State concern element shall include the...

Section 3-110 - Goals and Objectives Element - (a) The goals and objectives element shall include a statement...

Section 3-111 - Land Use Element - (a) On a schedule that extends as far into the...

Section 3-112 - Municipal Growth Element - (a) The municipal growth element shall include: (1) the municipal...

Section 3-113 - Fisheries Element - (a) The planning commission of a county that is located...

Section 3-114 - Housing Element - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 2 - Development and Adoption

Section 3-201 - Plan Preparation - (a) (1) A planning commission shall prepare a plan by...

Section 3-202 - Recommendation for Adoption - (a) (1) A planning commission shall: (i) make and approve...

Section 3-203 - Plan Development - (a) (1) When a local jurisdiction initially implements the zoning...

Section 3-204 - Plan Adoption, Modification, Remand, Disapproval; Public Hearings - (a) Each local jurisdiction shall adopt a plan that includes:...

Section 3-205 - Planning Commission Review - (a) This section applies only to a local jurisdiction where...

Section 3-206 - Municipal Growth Element - (a) (1) When developing a municipal growth element of the...

Subtitle 3 - Implementation

Section 3-301 - Plan Revision - (a) At least once every 10 years, each planning commission...

Section 3-302 - Recommendation to Officials - To implement the plan, the planning commission shall periodically recommend...

Section 3-303 - Periodic Review; Implementation - (a) At least once every 10 years, which corresponds to...

Section 3-304 - Deadline - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a local...