(a) Before adoption of a subdivision regulation, the legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the subdivision regulation. (b) The legislative body shall publish a notice of the public hearing at least once in a weekly or daily newspaper that circulates in the local jurisdiction. (c) The notice shall contain: (1) the text of the subdivision regulation or, at the discretion of the legislative body, a brief and accurate summary of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation sufficient to inform an individual of ordinary intelligence of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation; and (2) the time and place of the public hearing. (d) When the legislative body adopts a subdivision regulation, the legislative body shall file a certified copy of the subdivision regulation with the clerk of the circuit court in which the local jurisdiction is located for recording.
Maryland Legal Code