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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="22-119" title_number="22" title_name="Zoning" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, within the regional district, the zoning powers vested by Division I of this article in a municipal corporation or the council of a municipal corporation within the regional district shall be construed to be vested exclusively in the appropriate district council.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A municipal corporation in Prince George’s County has concurrent jurisdiction with Prince George’s County to enforce zoning laws in the boundaries of the municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The power to enforce zoning laws for the City of Takoma Park and the Town of Kensington is as provided in §§ 24–201 and 24–202 of this article, respectively.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before exercising the authority granted by this section, a municipal corporation in Prince George’s County shall enter into a written agreement with the district council concerning:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the method by which the county will be advised of citations issued by a municipal inspector;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the responsibility of the municipal corporation or the county to prosecute violations cited by the municipal corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the disposition of fines imposed for violations cited by the municipal corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the resolution of disagreements between the municipal corporation and the county about the interpretation of zoning laws; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>any other matter that the district council considers necessary for the proper exercise of the authority granted by this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
