Section 104 - Building code or zoning laws, ordinances, and regulations to be given full force and effect; local laws, ordinances, or regulations; alternative dispute resolution. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11B-104. Building code or zoning laws, ordinances, and regulations to be given full force and effect; local laws, ordinances, or regulations; alternative dispute resolution.
 

(a)  Building code or zoning laws, ordinances, and regulations to be given full force and effect.- The provisions of all laws, ordinances, and regulations concerning building codes or zoning shall have full force and effect to the extent that they apply to a development and shall be construed and applied with reference to the overall nature and use of the property without regard to whether the property is part of a development. 

(b)  Local laws, ordinances, or regulations.- A local government may not enact any law, ordinance, or regulation which would: 

(1) Impose a burden or restriction on property which is part of a development because it is part of a development; 

(2) Require that additional disclosures relating to the development be made to purchasers of lots within the development, other than the disclosures required by § 11B-105, § 11B-106, or § 11B-107 of this title; 

(3) Provide that the disclosures required by § 11B-105, § 11B-106, or § 11B-107 of this title be registered or otherwise subject to the approval of any governmental agency; 

(4) Provide that additional cancellation rights be provided to purchasers, other than the cancellation rights under § 11B-108(b) and (c) of this title; 

(5) Create additional implied warranties or require additional express warranties on improvements to common areas other than those warranties described in § 11B-110 of this title; or 

(6) Expand the open meeting requirements of § 11B-111 of this title or open record requirements of § 11B-112 of this title. 

(c)  Alternative dispute resolution.- Subject to the provisions of this title, a code home rule county located in the Southern Maryland class, as identified in Article 25B, § 2 of the Code, may establish a homeowners association commission with the authority to hear and resolve disputes between a homeowners association and a homeowner regarding the enforcement of the recorded covenants or restrictions of the homeowners association by providing alternative dispute resolution services, including binding arbitration. 
 

[1987, ch. 321; 1988, ch. 82; 1989, ch. 5, § 1; 2003, ch. 44.]