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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="21-102" title_number="21" title_name="Regional District Plan" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="In General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>It is the policy of the State that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the orderly development and use of land and structures requires comprehensive regulation through implementation of planning and zoning controls; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>local governments shall implement planning and zoning controls.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To achieve the public purposes of this regulatory scheme, the General Assembly recognizes that local government action will displace or limit economic competition by owners and users of property.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>It is the policy of the General Assembly and of the State that competition and enterprise shall be displaced or limited for the attainment of the purposes of the State policy for implementing planning and zoning controls as provided for in State and local law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The powers granted to the Commission and district councils under this section may not be construed to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>grant to the Commission or district councils powers in any substantive area that are not otherwise granted to the Commission and district councils by State or local law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>restrict the Commission or district councils from exercising any power granted to the Commission and district councils by other law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>authorize the Commission or district councils to engage in any activity that is beyond their power under other law; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>preempt or supersede the regulatory authority of any State unit under any State law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
