The purpose of these Subdivision Regulations is to assure the
reasonable and consistent development of land within Charles County
in order to promote the public health, safety and general welfare
and to provide for the creation of development sites suitable for
building purposes and human habitation and to provide for open space
in a harmonious environment.
These regulations shall take effect on August 1, 1996.
Under the authority of Article 66B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, the following regulations governing the subdivision of
land are hereby established for all areas of Charles County, except
those areas within incorporated towns of the County where the town
has adopted regulations for the control of subdivisions.
No land in a subdivision created after the adoption of these
regulations shall be transferred, sold or offered for sale, nor shall
a building permit be issued for a structure thereon, until a final
plat of such subdivision shall have been recorded in accordance with
these regulations and the provisions of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the County Commissioners
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
chapter are severable, and if any such section, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase is declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid
by any court of competent jurisdiction in a valid judgment or decree,
such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the
remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of these
regulations since the same would have been enacted without the incorporation
into these regulations of such unconstitutional or invalid section,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase.