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Terms Used In Maryland Code, LAND USE 7-104

  • 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.
(a) In this section, “restriction” means a restriction, moratorium, or capacity limitation imposed on development as a result of a local law enacted under this subtitle.

(b) (1) If an adequate public facility law has resulted in a restriction within a priority funding area, on or before July 1 every 2 years, a local jurisdiction shall report on the restriction to the Department of Planning.

(2) The report shall include:

(i) the location of the restriction;

(ii) the type of infrastructure affected by the restriction;

(iii) the proposed resolution of the restriction, if available;

(iv) the estimated date for the resolution of the restriction, if available;

(v) if a restriction was lifted, the date the restriction was lifted;

(vi) the local law or resolution that lifted the restriction;

(vii) any waiver of the restriction that was proposed; and

(viii) any waiver of the restriction that was implemented.

(c) (1) On or before January 1 every 2 years, the Department of Planning shall prepare and publish a report on the statewide impacts of adequate public facility laws.

(2) The report shall include the identification of:

(i) geographic areas and facilities within priority funding areas that fail to meet local adequate public facility standards; and

(ii) improvements to facilities scheduled or proposed in the local jurisdiction’s capital improvement program.