§ 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.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 81, § 19; 1985, ch. 8, § 2; 2004, ch. 416.