ZONING REGULATIONS COUNTY OF HOWARD, MARYLAND  


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    Published in 2014

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    PREFACE

    This volume constitutes a republication of the Zoning Regulations of the County of Howard, Maryland.

    Source material used in the preparation of this volume were the Howard County Zoning Regulations, effective October 6, 2013. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Zoning Regulations. By use of the comparative tables appearing in the back of this Code, the reader can locate any subsequent ordinance included herein.

    Section Numbering System

    The sections of the Zoning Regulations have been conveniently arranged in numerical order. Notes which tie related sections of the Zoning Regulations together have been included.

    The section numbering system used in this volume is the same system used in the Howard County Zoning Regulations. Each section number consists of two parts separated by a period.

    Index

    The index has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of which are couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by local government officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which the user is interested.

    Looseleaf Supplements

    A special feature of this publication is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing of the publication. With this system, the publication will be kept up to date. Subsequent amendatory legislation will be properly edited, and the affected page or pages will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the publication, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages.

    Keeping this publication up to date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the publication. As revised pages are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publisher that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

    Acknowledgments

    This publication was under the direct supervision of Powell Burke, Editor, and Anna Fitzpatrick, Proofreader, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

    The publisher is most grateful to the Howard County Offices of Law, and Department of Planning and Zoning, for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this publication. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publisher have resulted in Zoning Regulations which will make the active regulations of the County readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the County's affairs.