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<section number="10-196" name="Tax deferral on certain owner-occupied property" law="code" slug="sec-10-196" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10FITA_DIV8TAASLECO_SD1APRTA_S10-196TADECEOWCUPR">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Pursuant to the authority of Section 10-201, Tax-Property Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, certain residential property rezoned through the Sectional Map Amendment process to a commercial, industrial, or to a mixed use zone, may have any increased assessment, due to the rezoning, deferred for a period of up to ten (10) years under the following conditions:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The property must have been rezoned after July 1, 1984, from a residential zone under the Sectional Map Amendment process without an affirmative request to rezone by the property owner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the time of such rezoning, and for the duration of the deferral, the residential property must be owner-occupied as the principal residence of the taxpayer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The property eligible for the deferral shall be limited to a one-family detached dwelling and the property on which the dwelling is situated, but in no event shall such property in excess of five (5) acres be eligible for the deferral.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The deferral shall end on the occurrence of the earlier of any of the following:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Sale of the property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Rezoning to a zone requested by the owner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>Resubdivision of any portion of the property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="D">
        <text>Use of the property for other than a one-family residential purpose; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="E">
        <text>Expiration of the deferral period.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Deferred taxes shall bear interest at the rate authorized by State law and a lien shall attach to the property for all deferred taxes and interest. Penalties shall not be charged during the period of deferral on any tax payments deferred under this Section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Applications for the deferral of taxes under this Section shall be filed, on forms supplied for that purpose, with the Director of Finance who is authorized to administer this Section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
