Town of Federalsburg, MD Article X Planning and Zoning

§ C10-1 Planning and zoning powers.

[Res. No. 2004-03, 3-1-2004]

The Mayor and Council of Federalsburg shall have the powers as to planning and zoning conferred upon municipal corporations generally in Article 66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland, subject to the limitations and provisions of said article.

§ C10-2 Power to regulate subdivisions, street grades and width and building and plumbing.

[P.L.L., 1930, Art. 6, sec. 216. 1929, ch. 21, sec. 39; 1947, ch. 337, sec. 216; Res. No. 2004-03, 3-1-2004]

The Mayor and Council of Federalsburg shall have the power to regulate all subdivisions of land within the corporate limits of the Town of Federalsburg, and for the purpose of carrying into effect this section no plat or plan of any such subdivision upon which any street, alley, lane, avenue, thoroughfare or public highway shall have been laid out, shall be received by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Caroline County for record among the land records of said Caroline County until the said plat or plan has been approved in writing by the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg, and said approval stamped thereon. The Mayor and Council of Federalsburg shall have power to prescribe rules and regulations governing the filing of plats or plans for such subdivision and requiring all properties so subdivided to have permanent markers or boundary stones placed at all street intersections, and to regulate and establish the width and grades for all streets, alleys, lanes, avenues, thoroughfares, public highways or sidewalks so laid out in any subdivision. The Mayor and Council also have the right to pass an ordinance providing for Plumbing and Building Codes in said Town and to make regulation for plumbing installations and permits therefor within the limits of said Town.