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<section number="10-290" name="Definitions" law="code" slug="sec-10-290" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10FITA_DIV18COBERE_S10-290DE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The words defined in this Section shall have the meanings set forth below whenever they appear in this Division unless the context in which they are used clearly requires a different meaning or a different definition is prescribed for a particular provision.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Community Benefit Agreement means a project-specific, negotiated agreement between one or more developers and a community coalition selected pursuant to Section 10-291 that outlines the project's "community benefits" or commitments to the community.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Community Coalition means a group of stakeholder representatives selected by eligible community stakeholders pursuant to Section 10-291.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>County assisted development means a development or project that is awarded a public benefit of a value greater than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in any twelve (12) month period.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Eligible community stakeholder means</text>
      <level label="a">
        <text>a homeowners or civic organization registered with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="b">
        <text>a tax-exempt entity under Section 501(c) of the United States Internal Revenue Code;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="c">
        <text>a parent teacher organization ("PTO"), parent-teacher association ("PTA"), or parent-teacher-student association ("PTSA") affiliated with the Prince George's County Public Schools ("PGCPS"); or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="d">
        <text>an incorporated municipal government.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <text>An eligible community stakeholder under 4(a) or 4(b) of this Section must be incorporated at an address or represent homeowners or tenants living at an address that is within a three (3) mile distance of the County assisted development (as measured from the outer boundary of the development site in any direction) for at least twelve (12) consecutive months immediately prior to the County Council's selection of the eligible stakeholders by resolution under Section 10-284. An eligible community stakeholder under 4(c) of this Section must be affiliated at a school that is within a three (3) mile distance of the County assisted development (as measured from the outer boundary of the development site in any direction).</text>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Labor Peace Agreement means an agreement as defined by Section 10-292(c)(1).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Public benefit means contracts, grants, conditional loans, tax abatements, land transfers for public redevelopment, or tax increment financing from a County agency or the County government. This definition also includes grants or conditional loans from a third party that receives more than 50% of its annual budget in the most recent fiscal year from funds received from or administered by a County agency or the County government and indirect grants or conditional loans from a County agency or the County government that are facilitated by a third party. This definition does not include funds from the Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") program or tax credits awarded under Subtitle 10 of the Code. The application of this definition is subject to the restrictions of federal and state law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Stakeholder representative means a person selected by an eligible community stakeholder to represent the stakeholder in the community coalition.</text>
  </level>
</section>
