# Land Use (GLU)

## Title 8. Historic Preservation

### Subtitle 1. General Provisions

#### Section 8-101

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Appurtenance and environmental setting" includes:

  (1) paved or unpaved walkways and driveways;

  (2) trees;

  (3) landscaping;

  (4) pastures;

  (5) croplands;

  (6) waterways; and

  (7) rocks.

(c) "Commission" includes a historic district commission or a historic preservation commission.

(d) "Demolition" includes any willful neglect in the maintenance and repair of a structure, other than the appurtenance and environmental setting of the structure, that:

  (1) is not due to a financial inability to maintain and repair the structure; and

  (2) threatens to result in a substantial deterioration of the exterior features of the structure.

(e) "District" means a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or development.

(f) "Person" includes a unit of local government.

(g) "Routine maintenance" means work that:

  (1) does not alter the exterior fabric or features of a site or structure; and

  (2) has no material effect on the historical, archaeological, or architectural significance of the site or structure.

(h) "Site" means the location of:

  (1) an event of historic significance; or

  (2) a structure or ruin that possesses historic, archaeological, or cultural significance.

(i)

  (1) "Structure" means a combination of material to form a construction that is stable.

  (2) "Structure" includes:

    (i) a building;

    (ii) a stadium;

    (iii) a reviewing stand;

    (iv) a platform;

    (v) staging;

    (vi) an observation tower;

    (vii) a radio tower;

    (viii) a water tank or tower;

    (ix) a trestle;

    (x) a bridge;

    (xi) a pier;

    (xii) paving;

    (xiii) a bulkhead;

    (xiv) a wharf;

    (xv) a shed;

    (xvi) a coal bin;

(xvii) a shelter;

(xviii) a fence;

  (xix) a display sign that is visible or intended to be visible from a public way; and

  (xx) a part of a structure.

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