THE COUNTY CODE - PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

2015 EDITION
2018 SUPPLEMENT

PREFACE

The 2015 Edition/2018 Supplement of the Prince George's County Code replaces all previous Editions and is published pursuant to Section 321 of the County Charter, which requires recodification of all laws of the County every four years.

The Code is published in three volumes and three parts. Part I contains the Charter for Prince George's County. Part II consists of Title 17, the Public Local Laws of Prince George's County, the contents of which are divided into Subtitles, Divisions, Subdivisions, and Sections based on material content. Part III contains the laws relating to the Washington Suburban Transit District.

The first two volumes contain the Charter, Subtitles 1 through 26 and, 28 through 33, the Code Index, and Part III. The third volume contains the Zoning Ordinance (Subtitle 27) and the Urban Centers and Corridor Nodes Development and Zoning Code (Subtitle 27A), which have their own Indexes. The Subtitles are numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. Each Subtitle is preceded by a Table of Contents.

Each Code Section is identified by a number consisting of two parts. The number preceding the dash refers to the Subtitle number, and the number following the dash refers to the Section's location within the Subtitle. Section subclassifications are identified as follows:

Section - 2-256
Subsection - 2-256(a)
paragraph - 2-256(a)(1)
subparagraph - 2-256(a)(1)(A)

A citation located at the end of a Code Section identifies the source document and/or amendment(s) for that Section. Citations include references to the Prince George's County Code of Ordinances and Resolutions, the Prince George's County Code of Public Local Laws, a County Council bill, or the Laws of Maryland. Editor's Notes are used throughout to provide additional information or explanations.

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