<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="14-101" title_number="14" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this division the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Commission” means the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Commissioner” means a member of the Commission.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“County” means a county of the State or Baltimore City.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“County planning board” means a planning board for a county established under Title 20, Subtitle 2 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“District council” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for a single county, the county council sitting as the district council of the county with respect to that portion of the regional district in the county under § 22–101 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for the district council as a whole, the county councils of both counties sitting jointly as the bi–county district council of the regional district under § 22–102 of this article; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>for a municipal corporation, the governing body of the municipal corporation sitting as the district council for the municipal corporation under an agreement authorized under § 20–704(c) of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Governed special taxing district” or “governed district” means a special taxing district that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>has an elected local governing body; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>performs general municipal functions.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>“Local law” means an enactment of the legislative body of a local jurisdiction, whether by ordinance, resolution, or otherwise.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Local law” does not include a public local law.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“Metropolitan district” means the Maryland–Washington Metropolitan District established under Title 19 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Park” includes a public playground, play field, and any other recreational ground, space, or facility.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>“Person” means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity.</text> </level> <level label="l"> <text>“Regional district” means the Maryland–Washington Regional District established under Title 20, Subtitle 1 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="m"> <text>“Road” includes a highway, freeway, boulevard, parkway, street, avenue, lane, alley, viaduct, bridge, trail, bicycle path, and any other way or part of a way.</text> </level> <level label="n"> <text>“Sensitive area” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="o"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, “state” means:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the District of Columbia.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>When capitalized, “State” means Maryland.</text> </level> </level> <level label="p"> <level label="1"> <text>“Subdivision” means:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the process and configuration of land by which one or more lots, tracts, or parcels of land are divided, consolidated, or established as one or more lots or parcels, or other divisions of land, consistent with criteria established by the legislative body of the local jurisdiction; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the land so subdivided.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Subdivision” includes resubdivision.</text> </level> </level> <level label="q"> <level label="1"> <text>“Zoning law” means the legislative implementation of regulations for zoning by a local jurisdiction.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Zoning law” includes a zoning ordinance, zoning regulation, zoning code, and any similar legislative action to implement zoning controls in a local jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="14-201" title_number="14" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>This division applies only in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County.</text> </section> <section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="14-202" title_number="14" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in Title 20, Subtitle 7, Part I, Title 24, Subtitle 2, and Title 25, Subtitle 3 of this article, Article XI–E of the Maryland Constitution does not apply to the Commission, the metropolitan district, or the regional district.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Neither the Commission, the metropolitan district, nor the regional district is a “municipal corporation” under Article XI–E of the Maryland Constitution.</text> </level> </section> <section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="14-203" title_number="14" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>The requirement or authorization for a local jurisdiction to enact a local law to implement a provision of this division is not intended to alter in any way the form or legislative mechanism that the applicable enabling authority requires for the local jurisdiction to enact the local law, whether by ordinance, resolution, or otherwise, as of October 1, 2012.</text> </section>