{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-local-government-10-324","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Local Government § 10–324","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) A county may enact local laws relating to zoning and planning to\nprotect and promote public safety, health, morals, and welfare, including:\n(i) except as provided in § 10–305 of this subtitle, providing\nfor the right to seek review in the circuit court of any matter arising under any local\nplanning or zoning law; and\n(ii) establishing a program for the transfer of development\nrights.\n(2) A county may provide that a violation of a zoning law or\nregulation enacted under this section is a civil zoning violation, enforceable as\nprovided under Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Land Use Article.\n(3) Any decision of the circuit court under paragraph (1)(i) of this\nsubsection may be appealed to the Appellate Court of Maryland.\n(b) (1) It is the policy of the State that the orderly development and use\nof land and structures requires comprehensive regulation through implementation of\nplanning and zoning controls.\n(2) It is the policy of the State that planning and zoning controls shall\nbe implemented by local government.\n(3) To achieve the public purposes of this regulatory scheme, the\nGeneral Assembly recognizes that local government action will displace or limit\neconomic competition by owners and users of property.\n(4) It is the policy of the State that competition and enterprise shall\nbe so displaced or limited for the attainment of the purposes of the State policy for\nimplementing planning and zoning controls as provided by public local law and public\ngeneral law.\n(c) Subsection (b) of this section does not:\n(1) grant to the county powers in any substantive area not otherwise\ngranted to the county by other public general law or public local law;\n(2) restrict the county from exercising any power granted to the\ncounty by other public general law, public local law, or otherwise;\n(3) authorize the county or its officers to engage in any activity that\nis beyond their power under other public general law, public local law, or otherwise;\nor\n(4) preempt or supersede the regulatory authority of any unit of State\ngovernment under any public general law.","path":["Article - Local Government"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=glg\u0026section=10-324","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:58Z","sha256":"2f85d0aaec52df717079df6528bc0ebb63c1917695a07d379f8a2da4ef632380","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-local-government-10-323","next":"us-md/md.-code-local-government-10-325"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}