(a) A local fire and rescue department must not engage in any fire, rescue, or other emergency service in the County unless the County Council approves the department. An application for County approval to operate a fire and rescue department must be submitted to the County Executive, who must transmit the application and the Executive’s recommendation to the County Council not later than 90 days after the Executive received the completed application.
(b) A local fire and rescue department must not change the location of any facility used to provide fire and rescue services in the County without the Council’s approval. The Executive must not include a site for any fire or rescue squad station or other facility used to provide fire or rescue services in a proposed Capital Improvements Program unless the Council has approved the location or relocation of the facility. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, §27-2; 1941, ch. 783, §332A; 1972 L.M.C., ch. 15, §3; 1976 L.M.C., ch. 11, §2; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 4, §1; 2004 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 1.)
Editor’s note—Section 21-4, formerly Section 21-5, was renumbered, amended, and retitled pursuant to 2004 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 1. Former Section 21-5, formerly §21-1, was renumbered, amended and retitled pursuant to 1998 L.M.C., ch. 4, §1.
The above section is cited in Utica Mutual Insurance Company v. Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Department, Inc., 53 Md.App. 589, 455 A.2d 987 (1983).
Former Section 21-4, fire board, derived from 1980 L.M.C., ch. 64, § 3, 1981 L.M.C., ch. 8, § 1, 1988 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 4, and 1998 L.M.C., ch. 4, § 1, was repealed by 2004 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 1. Former Section 21-4, formerly §21-4C, was renumbered and amended pursuant to 1998 L.M.C., ch. 4, §1. See also 1980 L.M.C., ch. 64, § 5, and 1987 L.M.C., ch. 42, § 3.