Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
TAX - PROPERTY |
TITLE 8. VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT |
SUBTITLE 2. ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES |
PART II. USE ASSESSMENTS |
§ 8-220. Assessing of planned development land -- Intent and necessity
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(a) Intent of General Assembly. -- The General Assembly states that it is in the public interest to provide for the development of lands in a planned manner.
(b) Necessity for provisions. -- The development of lands in a planned manner is necessary to:
(1) obtain economic and environmental benefits;
(2) relieve economic pressures that result from the assessment of planned development land at levels inconsistent with planned development;
(3) aid the assembly of land for planned development land;
(4) facilitate cooperation among landowners; and
(5) permit holding of planned development land in an undeveloped status for orderly and staged improvement, particularly for the development of new communities.