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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="2-124" title_number="2" title_name="Rules of Construction" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Portable basketball apparatus” means a portable apparatus or device designed for recreational use in conjunction with the game of basketball.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Restriction on use” includes any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A deed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A declaration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A contract;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The bylaws or rules of a condominium or homeowners association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A security instrument; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Any other instrument affecting:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The transfer or sale of real property; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Any other interest in real property.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A restriction on use regarding land use may not impose or act to impose an unreasonable limitation on the location and use of a portable basketball apparatus, provided that the property owner owns or has the right to exclusive use of the area in which placement and use of the portable basketball apparatus is to occur.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, an unreasonable limitation includes a limitation that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Significantly increases the cost of using a portable basketball apparatus; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Significantly decreases the ability to use a portable basketball apparatus as designed and intended.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not apply to a restriction on use on historic property that is listed in, or determined by the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust to be eligible for inclusion in, the Maryland Register of Historic Properties.</text>
  </level>
</section>
