This Ordinance shall apply to all the lands, uses and improvements
within the territorial limits of Calvert County, except for the incorporated
territory of any municipality in the County, or except as modified
by the Town Center Master Plans and Zoning Ordinances. Except as otherwise
specified, the use of any property and the construction or alteration
of any building or structure shall conform to the requirements of
this Ordinance.
[Amended 9-21-2010]
For the purpose of determining rights attendant to a parcel
of land by virtue of the property being a discrete parcel, any determination
as to the description of the parcel shall go back no further than
the parcel as it existed in a deed under which the grantee in the
deed held title to real property as of June 29,1967.
[Amended 9-21-2010; 11-26-2013]
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Ordinance to the
contrary, this Ordinance does not apply to a Qualified Commercial
Power Generating Facility or a Liquid Natural Gas Import or Export
Facility as defined herein.
[Amended 12-14-2011; 11-26-2013]
The Maryland General Assembly, in the Land Use Article of the
Maryland Annotated Code, has established as policy of the State that
the orderly development and use of land and structures requires comprehensive
regulation through the implementation of planning and zoning control,
and that planning and zoning controls shall be implemented by local
government in order to, among other purposes, secure the public safety,
promote health and general welfare, and promote the conservation of
natural resources.