The Town of Hampstead shall be generally exempt from
all legislation of Carroll County, Maryland, which involves matters
over which the Town has been granted authority pursuant to Article
23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland or pursuant to public general
law or its Charter. This exemption shall extend to all legislation
in existence or such legislation as may be passed from time to time
by the County Commissioners of Carroll County, provided that this
exemption shall not apply to any of the Chapters of the Carroll County
Maryland Code of Public Local Laws and Ordinances, as adopted and
amended from time to time, as enumerated below:
[Amended 2-13-2007 by Ord. No. 430; 7-14-2015 by Ord. No. 511]
Where the Town determines any administrative approval
or permission granted under the Ordinances listed herein may be deleterious
to the public health, safety or welfare of the citizens of Hampstead,
the Town shall retain the authority to stay the approval or permission
for up to 90 days. The purpose of such stay shall be to allow the
Town Council to conduct hearings, subpoena testimony, gather information
and take any other actions deemed necessary to determine if the approval
or permission constitutes a risk to the public health, safety or welfare
and to make any appeal available under the ordinance or the Town-County
Agreement. The enactment of such stay shall require the majority
vote of the Council and be communicated to the Carroll County Commissioners
within five days of passage.