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§ 7-521

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§7–521.
(a)In this section, “moderate income” and “moderate income housing unit” have the meanings stated in Title 13, Subtitle 4 of the Howard County Code.
(b)In Howard County, real property may be exempt from county property tax if:
(1)the owner of the real property and the governing body of Howard County agree that the owner shall pay a negotiated amount in lieu of the county property tax; and
(2)the owner of the real property enters into an agreement with the governing body of Howard County to maintain a number of residential units located at the real property as housing for moderate income households that exceeds the minimum number of moderate income housing units required by local zoning laws in effect on the date of the agreement.
(c)Real property described in subsection
(b)of this section is exempt when the requirements of subsection
(b)of this section are met.
(1)The County Executive of Howard County:
(i)shall publish on the county’s website the methodology to be used for calculating the negotiated payment amount for an agreement authorized under subsection
(b)of this section; and
(ii)subject to paragraph
(3)of this subsection, may revise at any time the methodology published under this paragraph.
(2)At least once every 5 years, the County Executive of Howard County shall reevaluate the methodology to be used for calculating a negotiated payment amount for a potential agreement authorized under subsection
(b)of this section.
(3)If any revisions are made under paragraph (1)(ii) or
(2)of this subsection to the most recently published methodology, the County Executive of Howard County shall publish the revised methodology on the county’s website.
(e)The governing body of Howard County may not enter an agreement authorized under subsection
(b)of this section unless the negotiated payment amount for the agreement was determined in accordance with the methodology most recently published on the county’s website.
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