§ 24-140. Regulations of reservation; taxes; penalties.

(a)

No reservation shall continue for longer than three (3) years without the written approval of all persons holding or otherwise owning any legal or equitable interest in the property.

(b)

Such public reservations shall be exempt from all State, County, and local taxes during the reservation period. Certified copies of the resolution shall be sent to the affected taxing and assessing bodies.

(c)

During the reservation period, no building or structure shall be erected upon the land so reserved, except as provided in Subsection (d). No trees, topsoil, or cover shall be removed or destroyed, no grading shall be done, and no drainage structures shall be built so as to discharge water on the reserved land, except as provided in Subsection (d).

(d)

Land so reserved may be used for agricultural purposes and other uses permitted by the Zoning Ordinance upon written approval of the Planning Board. The Planning Board may allow any permitted use which it finds will not impair the efficient and economic use for which the property was reserved.

(e)

All land so reserved shall be maintained by the owner as required by County law. The Planning Board shall be notified immediately upon the sale of any land so reserved, and shall be provided with documents from the public land records attesting to such sale.

(f)

Any violation of this Division shall be subject to the enforcement provisions of Section 7-116(c) of Article 28 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

(CB-48-1981; CB-127-1984)