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<article heading="Article 4. Land Use Information Functions.">
  <section heading="Sec. 33A-17. Information and referral services.">
    <paragraph indent="1">(a)    The Planning Board must provide information and referral services on County land use and related regulatory functions to interested members of the public. The services to be provided include technical assistance and information on:</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(1)   master plans, including pending amendments;</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(2)   zoning, including pending cases and pending text amendments;</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(3)   subdivision control, including pending applications and amendments to Chapter 50;</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(4)   growth policy and related regulatory requirements;</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(5)   federal, state, and local environmental regulations; and</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(6)   related administrative, regulatory, or legislative procedures applicable to the Planning Board, Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, Historic Preservation Commission, Board of Appeals, other County regulatory agencies, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, and County Council.</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="1">(b)    A resource library must be maintained that contains:</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(1)   relevant laws, regulations, and administrative procedures;</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(2)   appropriate zoning and other maps;</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(3)   administrative and legislative hearing schedules;</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(4)   significant administrative and judicial land use decision; and</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(5)   master plans, policy documents, planning studies, and other appropriate reference materials.</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="1">(c)    All County departments, offices, and agencies must provide the planning department with:</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(1)   requested materials (other than confidential documents) to ensure the availability to the public of current information; and</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(2)   the location and telephone number of the person or persons to whom inquiries may be referred.</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="1">(d)</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(1)   In this subsection, a burial site means a physical location where human remains were buried in the earth, or entombed in a mausoleum or columbarium. A burial site includes a cemetery, but does not include the sprinkling of ashes from cremated remains.</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(2)   The Planning Board must maintain, and revise as appropriate, an inventory of burial sites located in the County. The inventory must:</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="3">(A)   include a map and a description of each burial site, including ownership information when available;</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="3">(B)   be made available to the public electronically; and</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="3">(C)   be updated at least annually or as information becomes available.</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="2">(3)   The Planning Board must establish a procedure for additions or exclusions to the burial site inventory. The procedures must include an outreach program.</paragraph>
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