# Land Use (GLU)

## Title 5. Subdivision

### Subtitle 1. Powers

#### Section 5-103

(a) Before adoption of a subdivision regulation, the legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the subdivision regulation.

(b) The legislative body shall publish a notice of the public hearing at least once in a weekly or daily newspaper that circulates in the local jurisdiction.

(c) The notice shall contain:

  (1) the text of the subdivision regulation or, at the discretion of the legislative body, a brief and accurate summary of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation sufficient to inform an individual of ordinary intelligence of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation; and

  (2) the time and place of the public hearing.

(d) When the legislative body adopts a subdivision regulation, the legislative body shall file a certified copy of the subdivision regulation with the clerk of the circuit court in which the local jurisdiction is located for recording.

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