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Terms Used In Maryland Code, LAND USE 25-605

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
(a) The county planning board and the District shall adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.

(b) The regulations shall:

(1) establish an application process for the Program;

(2) establish criteria for assigning priorities to applications for easements to purchase;

(3) establish a process for negotiating the purchase of easements;

(4) allow the District to procure any appraisals necessary for valuation of each easement; and

(5) specify a method for appraising and valuing easements to encourage landowners to participate in the Program and maximize the acreage for easements to be purchased.

(c) The regulations may provide for the adjudication and appeal of any disputed easement valuation by the county Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board in accordance with § 2-511 of the Agriculture Article.