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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="25-801" title_number="25" title_name="Prince George's County Provisions" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Prince George's County Recreation Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Nontraditional recreational opportunities” means sports, recreational activities, programs, or facilities in the county with a reasonable promise of growth in:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>popularity; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>participation or demand among youth populations that are otherwise under–represented or underserved by traditional recreational activities.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Nontraditional recreational opportunities” may include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>skate parks;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>lacrosse walls;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>remote–controlled car courses;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>pickleball courts;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>disc golf courses;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>cricket fields;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>pump tracks; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>any other new or innovative recreation or leisure activity recommendation included in a park and recreation plan.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Park and recreation plan” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a functional master plan of parks and open spaces adopted under § 21–106(a)(3) of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a local land preservation and recreation plan approved under § 5–905(b) of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The county planning board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide an adequate and balanced program of recreation to serve the needs and interests of various age groups among the residents of the county that includes appropriate nontraditional recreational opportunities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>offer a comprehensive youth sports program that provides a variety of sports programming, leagues, and teams throughout the county; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>coordinate the programs with the Commission’s park functions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The county planning board may develop programs of recreation that may include physical, social, mental, and creative opportunities that the county planning board considers appropriate to offer in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>major recreation centers, playfields, athletic fields, playgrounds, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, swimming pools, golf courses, community centers, and social centers on publicly or privately owned land or buildings made available for these purposes or over which the county planning board has sole or joint jurisdiction; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>land or buildings of a municipal corporation or political subdivision in the county, if the municipal corporation or political subdivision requests the services of the county planning board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The county planning board may contract with recreation or sports groups or associations to incorporate the activities of the groups or associations into the programs established by the county planning board under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, as part of the programs established under this subtitle the county planning board shall create a youth sports division to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>coordinate youth sports programming, leagues, and teams; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>incorporate youth sports activities into the programs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Nontraditional Recreation Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Nontraditional Recreation Fund shall finance and account for the development and maintenance of nontraditional recreational opportunities in the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission shall record revenues from the development and maintenance of nontraditional recreational opportunities in the county in the Nontraditional Recreation Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Commission shall use the revenues of the Nontraditional Recreation Fund:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for capital improvement projects that contribute to providing nontraditional recreational opportunities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to provide patrons of the Commission access to equipment necessary to participate in nontraditional recreational opportunities; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for supplies and other direct program costs associated with providing nontraditional recreational opportunities in accordance with this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
