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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="13-802" title_number="13" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Waterways and Activities on Shores of Waterways">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “floating home” means a vessel that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is used or designated as a dwelling unit, place of business, or private or social club; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a volume coefficient that is greater than 3,000 square feet, based on the ratio of the habitable space of the vessel measured in cubic feet and the draft depth of the vessel measured in feet of depth.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Floating home” includes a structure that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is constructed on a barge that is primarily immobile and not used for navigation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>functions primarily as a land structure while the vessel is moored or docked in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Calvert County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Charles County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>St. Mary’s County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The governing body of a county may adopt:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>laws to regulate mooring, docking, anchoring, and installing a floating home in the waters of the county; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>penalties for a violation of a law adopted under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
