- A. The Secretary may not designate more than six zones in a calendar year.
B. Limit on Number of Zones Designated.
- (1) A county may not receive more than two zones.
- (2) A joint application by two or more counties counts as one designation of an area as a zone for each county.
- (3) A joint application by two or more municipalities within the same county counts as one designation of an area as a zone within the county.
- (4) A joint application by a county and a municipality located within an adjoining county counts as one designation of an area as a zone for each county.
- (5) Except as provided in §B(6) of this regulation, an application for expansion of a designated zone is considered a new zone request and is counted as one additional designation of an area as a zone for the appropriate county or counties.
- (6) An expansion of a zone that does not exceed 50 percent of the existing geographic area of the zone is not considered a new zone request and does not count toward the limit set forth in §A or B(1) of this regulation.
- (7) An extraordinary expansion of a zone does not count towards the limit set forth in §A or B(1) of this regulation.
- (8) The Secretary may not grant more than two extraordinary expansions of zones throughout the State in any calendar year.
Authority: Economic Development Article, §§5-102(1) and 5-1301—5-1307, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: December 29, 2008 (35:26 Md. R. 2250)