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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="1-202" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A regulation adopted under this division that conflicts with any statute, local law, or other regulation shall govern if the regulation adopted under this division:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>requires a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>requires a lower height of buildings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>requires a reduced number of stories;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>requires a greater percentage of lot left unoccupied; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>imposes a more restrictive standard.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A statute, local law, or other regulation that conflicts with a regulation adopted under this division shall govern if the statute, local law, or other regulation:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>requires a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>requires a lower height of buildings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>requires a reduced number of stories;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>requires a greater percentage of lot left unoccupied; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>imposes a more restrictive standard.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to the Maryland–Washington Regional District established under Chapter 992 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1943.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This division does not supplement Chapter 992 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1943 if a local agency located within the Maryland–Washington Regional District administers municipal and regional planning and zoning.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In the Maryland–Washington Regional District, the additional and supplemental powers vested by this division in a legislative body may not be considered vested in and may not be exercised by a county council acting as a district council under Chapter 992 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1943.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In the Maryland–Washington Regional District, the powers vested by this division in a planning commission or board of appeals may not be considered vested in and may not be exercised by the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the planning board, or the board of zoning appeals of the affected county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Provisions of this division that are inconsistent with or contrary to Chapter 992 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1943 do not apply in the Maryland–Washington Regional District.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>This division does not affect the validity of Chapter 992 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1943.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
