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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="2-121" title_number="2" title_name="Rules of Construction" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “family child care home” means a unit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Registered under Title 9.5, Subtitle 3 of the Education Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In which the family child care provider or one or more of the children cared for resides.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to a recorded covenant or restriction affecting property that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Governed by the provisions of Title 11B of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Part of a condominium regime governed by Title 11 of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Part of a cooperative housing corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A recorded covenant or restriction in a deed that prohibits or restricts commercial or business activity in general, but does not expressly apply to family child care homes, may not be construed to prohibit or restrict the establishment or operation of family child care homes.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The operation of a family child care home shall be considered a residential activity for purposes of construing a covenant or restriction described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The provisions of this section do not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A building containing more than four dwelling units located on one parcel of property or at one location;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A covenant or restriction imposed in connection with a loan made or purchased by the Community Development Administration under Title 4, Subtitle 2 of the Housing and Community Development Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A lease.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
