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Sec. 49-65. Notice to Planning Board; filing subdivision plat.

Montgomery County, Md., Code § 49-65 (2026)

Sec. 49-65. Notice to Planning Board; filing subdivision plat.Copy Citation

(a)
Not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the Council adopts the resolution to approve an abandonment or closing, the Council Clerk must notify the Planning Board, the Directors of Permitting Services and Transportation, and the County Attorney that the Council has authorized the abandonment or closing.
(b)
The Director of Permitting Services, after receiving a copy of the Council resolution, must sign, on behalf of the County, a plat of subdivision prepared by the applicant, which the Planning Board has approved for recording, approving the abandonment or closing.
(c)
The County Attorney must cause to be recorded in the County land records the Council resolution which approved the abandonment or closing.
(d)
Any abandonment or road closure approved after July 1, 2007, is automatically revoked by operation of law if each condition specified in the approval resolution, including any later amendment to that resolution, has not been completed within the time specified in the resolution or, if the resolution did not specify a completion date, within 5 years after the Council approved the resolution or amended the resolution to insert that condition.