[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Westminster as Ch. 2, Art. V, of the 1972 Code, as amended through 1990. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Animals and fowl — See Ch. 48.
Buildings — See Ch. 56.
Cable television — See Ch. 61.
Floodplain management — See Ch. 83.
A. 
Except as provided in Subsections A and B of this section, the Mayor and Common Council hereby exempts the City of Westminster, a municipal corporation, from all legislation and regulations heretofore or hereafter enacted by Carroll County, Maryland, relating to any subject or matter upon which the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Westminster has heretofore or is hereafter granted legislative authority.
B. 
The following ordinances of Carroll County as they now exist or as may hereafter be amended are exceptions to the general exemption set forth in Subsection A above and shall be applicable within the City of Westminster until such time as the Mayor and Common Council shall duly exempt the City from their application:
[Amended 2-22-1993 by Ord. No. 572; 2-28-1994 by Ord. No. 585; 2-13-1995 by Ord. No. 593; 6-26-2000 by Ord. No. 657; 3-26-2001 by Ord. No. 662; 4-26-2006 by Ord. No. 749]
(1) 
Animal Control, Chapter 81.
(2) 
Building Code, Chapter 97.
(3) 
Cable Television, Ordinance No. 113, Ordinance No. 126 and Ordinance No. 00-4.
(4) 
Grading and Sediment Control, Chapter 121.
(5) 
Forest Conservation, Chapter 115.
C. 
Aside from the specific exceptions to the general exemption from the application and effect of Carroll County legislation and regulations set forth in Subsections A and B, Carroll County laws and regulations shall only apply within the City of Westminster as provided by Maryland law pursuant to Article 23A, § 2B(b), of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1987 Replacement Volume), or as hereinafter amended.
A. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall limit or otherwise affect the City's authority, whether exercised previously or in the future, to request the enforcement of City legislation in whole or in part by Carroll County and to enter into agreements providing for the same.
B. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall repeal or impair any agreement or authorization previously executed between the City and the county, until and unless done so by consent of the City and county.
C. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall repeal any City ordinance which may have specifically adopted or incorporated by reference any county legislation, unless and until so repealed by ordinance of the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Westminster.
D. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall limit or otherwise affect the City's authority to adopt by reference any law or regulation of Carroll County as its own law or regulation.