# Land Use (GLU)

## Title 20. Maryland-Washington Regional District

### Subtitle 7. Municipal Planning and Zoning Authority

#### Section 20-701

In this part, "prior established municipal corporation":

(1) means a municipal corporation subject to Article XI-E of the Maryland Constitution that includes land added to the regional district under Chapter 596 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1957; and

(2) includes:

  (i) Barnesville;

  (ii) Brookeville;

  (iii) Gaithersburg;

  (iv) Laytonsville;

  (v) Rockville;

  (vi) Poolesville; and

  (vii) Washington Grove.

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Md. Code Ann., Land Use (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)