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Terms Used In Maryland Code, LAND USE 7-101

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
To encourage the preservation of natural resources or the provision of affordable housing and to facilitate orderly development and growth, a local jurisdiction that exercises authority granted by this division may enact, and is encouraged to enact, local laws providing for or requiring:

(1) the planning, staging, or provision of adequate public facilities and affordable housing;

(2) off-site improvements or the dedication of land for public facilities essential for a development;

(3) moderately priced dwelling unit programs;

(4) mixed use developments;

(5) cluster developments;

(6) planned unit developments;

(7) alternative subdivision requirements that:

(i) meet minimum performance standards set by the local jurisdiction; and

(ii) reduce infrastructure costs;

(8) floating zones;

(9) incentive zoning; and

(10) performance zoning.