§ 17-113. Definitions.

MD Land Use Code § 17-113 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)    (1)    “Business” means a lawful activity conducted primarily:

(i)    for the purchase, sale, lease, or rental of property;

(ii)    for the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products or other personal property;

(iii)    for the sale of services to the public; or

(iv)    by a nonprofit organization.

(2)    “Business” does not include a farm operation.

(c)    “Displaced”, with respect to a person, means moving from real property, or moving the person’s personal property from real property:

(1)    wholly or partly as a result of the Commission’s acquisition of the real property; or

(2)    as the result of a written order of the Commission to vacate the real property for a public works program or project the Commission undertakes.

(d)    “Farm operation” means an activity that:

(1)    is conducted primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products, including timber, for sale or home use; and

(2)    customarily produces those products in sufficient quantity to be able to contribute materially to the operator’s income.

(e)    “Relocation payment” means a payment the Commission makes to a displaced person in accordance with this part.