[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.
[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.