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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="9-1902" title_number="9" title_name="Single-County Provisions" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Washington County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “public facilities” means schools, roads, water, wastewater, and stormwater management facilities, and other infrastructure supported by the federal, State, or local government for public purposes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the authority granted in Title 7, Subtitle 1 of this article, the county commissioners may provide by local law for the provision and financing of adequate public facilities concurrently with the need for those facilities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The local law may include the authority for the county commissioners to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>determine the functional or design capacity of public facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish standards for determining the adequacy of public facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>determine school capacity standards;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>determine the student yield factors for schools at various levels;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>establish categories of developments that will be exempt from the application of the local law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>establish formulas for measuring available capacity of public facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>determine the adequacy of public facilities in areas affected by new developments in the development plan review process;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>enter into agreements with developers providing for the payment of monetary compensation to address inadequacies in public facilities caused by proposed developments as a part of the development plan approval process;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>determine the value of in–kind contributions of equivalent value such as real estate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>require forfeiture of contributions 3 years after final plat approval;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>establish an appeal process for decisions made under the local law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>limit the number of building permits in any school district; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>limit the number of residential building lots approved for development on an annual basis.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The local law may authorize the county commissioners to impose civil fines and penalties for any violation of the local law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
