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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0970* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 970 |
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| 8 | 8 | | L2 5lr0937 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Howard County Senators |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Howard County – Department of Planning and Zoning – Parking Space 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Requirements for New Construction 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Ho. Co. 13–25 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning to 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | consider whether pedestrian infrastructure could offset the need for the construction 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of parking spaces for new construction when determining the minimum number of 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | mandatory parking spaces; and generally relating to requirements for the Howard 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | County Department of Planning and Zoning. 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BY adding to 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | The Public Local Laws of Howard County 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 3.107 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Article 14 – Public Local Laws of Maryland 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1997 Edition and October 2022 Supplement, as amended) 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | |
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| 38 | 38 | | Article 14 – Howard County 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 3.107. 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | INDICATED. 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) (I) “BUILDING” MEANS A STRUCTURE WI TH EXTERIOR WALLS 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | THAT COMBINE TO FORM AN O CCUPIABLE STRUCTURE . 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 SENATE BILL 970 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (II) “BUILDING” DOES NOT INCLUDE A T EMPORARY 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | STRUCTURE, AS DEFINED IN THE HOWARD COUNTY BUILDING CODE. 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) “NEW CONSTRUCTION ” MEANS CONSTRUCTION O F A BUILDING 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | THAT REQUIRES A HOWARD COUNTY BUILDING PERMI T. 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) WHEN DETERMINING THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF MANDATORY PARKING 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | SPACES FOR NEW CONST RUCTION, THE HOWARD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | PLANNING AND ZONING SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER INFRASTRUCTU RE FOR 7 |
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| 59 | 59 | | PEDESTRIANS COULD OFFSET THE NEED FOR THE CON STRUCTION OF ANY PAR KING 8 |
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| 60 | 60 | | SPACES FOR THE NEW CONSTRUC TION. 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | October 1, 2025. 11 |
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