As used in this Chapter, public facility means:
(a) The construction, reconstruction, improvement, extension, alteration, repair, purchase, conversion, and modernization of any public school building or building used for public school purposes, including the site therefor, the cost of acquiring any such building or site, any architectural and engineering services, including preparation of any plan, drawing, or specification for such school or the conversion or modernization thereof and the development of the grounds, and all customary permanent appurtenances and recreational and pedagogical equipment for such school;
(b) The construction, improvement, repair, opening, relocation, grading, resurfacing, widening, extension and drainage of all public roads, streets, highways and sidewalks in the county now or hereafter maintained and operated by or under the jurisdiction of the county, including the acquisition of necessary rights-of-way, the acquisition of equipment for highway construction, maintenance and repair and planning and engineering services; the planning, design, construction and reconstruction of free bridges constituting parts of such roads, streets or highways; the planning, construction, repair and permanent improvement of any storm water drainage systems necessary in the county;
(c) The construction, reconstruction, extension, acquisition, improvement, enlargement, alteration, repair and modernization of any building or structure that is or will be owned by the County or any building or structure used to house any function of County government, especially any health clinic, rescue squad, fire engine house or police station, airport or landing field, park or recreational facility, or any combination of the foregoing, including the acquisition and development of any site, any architectural and engineering services, and the acquisition and installation of any necessary furnishing, fire fighting and rescue squad equipment, and fixed permanent equipment;
(d) The construction, reconstruction, improvement, extension, enlargement, alteration, conversion, modernization, repair, relocation, grading, resurfacing, widening, draining, and acquisition (including the preparation of plans, architectural and engineering services) of transit facilities which are defined to be all those matters and things utilized in rendering mass transit service by means of rail, bus, water or air and any other mode of travel, including without limitation, tracks, rights-of-way, bridges, tunnels, subways, rolling stock for rail, motor vehicle, marine and air transportation, stations, terminals and ports, areas for parking and all equipment, fixtures, buildings and structures and services incidental to or required in connection with the performance of mass transit service; and any part of the county’s share of contributions agreed to be made under any contracts or agreements by the Washington Suburban Transit District to the capital required for the construction or acquisition of transit facilities (as defined in this subsection or as may be defined in chapter 870 of the Laws of Maryland of 1965, as the same may be amended from time to time) in the Washington metropolitan area, as provided by chapter 870 of the Laws of Maryland of 1965, as amended from time to time;
(e) The construction, reconstruction, improvement, extension, acquisition, enlargement, alteration, repair, modernization, relocation, grading, resurfacing, widening and drainage of off-street parking lots and facilities for the parking of automobiles and other vehicles, within and for the parking lot districts heretofore or hereafter established by law as the same are described in section 60-1 of the Montgomery County Code as amended from time to time, including the acquisition and development of sites therefor, the architectural and engineering services incident thereto and the acquisition and installation of necessary furnishings and fixed permanent equipment therefor;
(f) The planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, repair and extension of facilities, including the sites therefor, for public housing or housing for persons of low, moderate or eligible incomes, as defined pursuant to law;
(g) The planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, repair, and extension of any water system or facility and sewerage system or facility;
(h) The purchase of agricultural easements as defined in Article 3 of Chapter 2B; and
(i) The purchase of facade easements necessary to implement a community revitalization project. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-111; 1968 L.M.C., Ex. Sess., ch. 2 § 1; 1971 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1; 1974 L.M.C., ch. 39, § 1; 1975 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 1975 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 1; 2010 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1; 2010 L.M.C., ch. 48, § 1.)