Maryland § 8-101

§ 8-101.

    (a)    In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

    (b)    “Appurtenance and environmental setting” includes:

        (1)    paved or unpaved walkways and driveways;

        (2)    trees;

        (3)    landscaping;

        (4)    pastures;

        (5)    croplands;

        (6)    waterways; and

        (7)    rocks.

    (c)    “Commission” includes a historic district commission or a historic preservation commission.

    (d)    “Demolition” includes any willful neglect in the maintenance and repair of a structure, other than the appurtenance and environmental setting of the structure, that:

        (1)    is not due to a financial inability to maintain and repair the structure; and

        (2)    threatens to result in a substantial deterioration of the exterior features of the structure.

    (e)    “District” means a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or development.

    (f)    “Person” includes a unit of local government.

    (g)    “Routine maintenance” means work that:

        (1)    does not alter the exterior fabric or features of a site or structure; and

        (2)    has no material effect on the historical, archaeological, or architectural significance of the site or structure.

    (h)    “Site” means the location of:

        (1)    an event of historic significance; or

        (2)    a structure or ruin that possesses historic, archaeological, or cultural significance.

    (i)    (1)    “Structure” means a combination of material to form a construction that is stable.

        (2)    “Structure” includes:

            (i)    a building;

            (ii)    a stadium;

            (iii)    a reviewing stand;

            (iv)    a platform;

            (v)    staging;

            (vi)    an observation tower;

            (vii)    a radio tower;

            (viii)    a water tank or tower;

            (ix)    a trestle;

            (x)    a bridge;

            (xi)    a pier;

            (xii)    paving;

            (xiii)    a bulkhead;

            (xiv)    a wharf;

            (xv)    a shed;

            (xvi)    a coal bin;

    (xvii) a shelter;

    (xviii) a fence;

            (xix)    a display sign that is visible or intended to be visible from a public way; and

            (xx)    a part of a structure.