A.
The purpose of this chapter is to control the division
of land within the Town of Hampstead in order to promote the public
health, safety, and general welfare by regulating the division and
redivision of land in order to further the orderly development and
appropriate use of land; to establish accurate records of land subdivisions;
to protect land title; to implement the Hampstead and Environs Comprehensive
Plan; to secure safety from fire and other dangers; to facilitate
adequate and coordinated provision for transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, parks, playgrounds, and other public requirements; to facilitate
the further division of larger tracts into smaller parcels of land;
to preserve natural features such as stands of trees, streams, and
other significant environmental features; and, in general, to facilitate
the orderly coordinated, efficient and economic development of the
Town of Hampstead.
B.
ARTERIAL
BUILDING SITE
CARBONATE ROCK AREAS
COLLECTOR
COMAR
COMMISSION
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CUL-DE-SAC
DEVELOPER OR SUBDIVIDER
DRIVEWAY
EASEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE AREAS
FINAL APPROVAL
FLAG OR PANHANDLE LOT
FRONTAGE
HABITAT OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
MINOR SUBDIVISION
LOT
LOT LINE
LOT WIDTH
ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOODPLAIN
RESERVOIR WATERSHEDS
SIDEWALK
STEEP SLOPES
STREAM
STREAM BUFFERS
STREET OR ROAD
SUBDIVISION
(1)
(2)
SUBDIVISION PLAN OR PLAT
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
USE III WATERS
WAY
WELLHEAD BUFFERS
WETLAND
ZONING ORDINANCE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
A major street for carrying a large volume of through traffic
in the area, normally controlled by traffic signs and/or signals.
The portion of a lot on which a principal building could
be erected in compliance with the yard requirements of the Zoning
Ordinance.[1]
Areas which are currently known or suspected to be underlain
by carbonate rocks. This includes the Wakefield Marble and Silver
Sun Limestone geologic units, as well as unnamed calcareous zones
within schist and phyllite areas.
A street designed to carry moderate volumes of traffic from
local streets to arterial streets or from arterial to arterial.
The Code of Maryland Regulations.
The Town of Hampstead Planning and Zoning Commission.
The Comprehensive Plan of the Town of Hampstead and Environs
as adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of Hampstead and modified
from time to time.
A local public street with only one outlet that terminates
in a vehicular turnaround and having an appropriate turnaround for
the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or agent thereof,
that undertakes or participates in the activities covered by these
regulations: the development of a subdivision.
The space specifically designated and reserved on the site
for the movement of vehicles from a lot to a public street.
A grant by the property owner for use of land by the public,
a corporation, or person(s) land for specified purposes.
Streams, stream buffers, one-hundred-year floodplains, habitats
of threatened and endangered species, steep slopes, carbonate rock
areas, reservoir watersheds, Use III waters, wellhead buffers and
wetlands, all as defined herein.
Approval of the final plat by the Commission, as evidenced
by certification on the plat by the Mayor, constitutes authorization
to record a plat.
A lot where access to a public road is created and maintained
through a private use-in-common driveway.
The side of a lot adjacent or parallel to a public road.
An area which, because of its physical or biological features,
provides important elements for the maintenance, expansion and long-term
survival of threatened and endangered species listed in COMAR 08.03.08,
as amended or modified from time to time. This area may include breeding,
feeding, resting, migratory or overwintering areas. Physical or biological
features include, but are not limited to, structure and composition
of the vegetation, faunal community soils, water chemistry and quality
and geologic, hydrologic and microclimatic factors.
A subdivision of no more than seven lots which is not contiguous
or in the path of a planned road and does not involve the construction
of a public improvement.
[Amended 12-11-2012 by Ord. No. 498]
A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a
use permitted in the Zoning Ordinance.
The property lines bounding the lot.
The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at
the front setback.
The meaning given in the Carroll County Floodplain Management Ordinance, as amended or modified from time to time and as applicable pursuant to the provisions of § 1-18 of this Code.
Areas which drain into an existing or proposed water supply
reservoir.
A public way which provides or is proposed to provide access
for pedestrian traffic to abutting properties.
Areas with slopes greater than 25%.
Part of a watercourse, either naturally or artificially created,
that contains intermittent or perennial base flow of groundwater origin.
Ditches that convey surface runoff exclusively from storing events
are not included in this definition.
Areas which extend a minimum of 100 feet from the top of
each perennial stream bank along both sides of a stream.
A public way which provides or is proposed to provide access
for vehicular traffic to abutting properties.
The division of any tract or parcel of land into two or more
lots or parcels for immediate or future sale, lease or building development.
If a new street is involved, "subdivision" shall mean any division
of a tract or parcel of land. Subdivision shall not mean:
Conveyance of property to a state, federal,
or local government or a public utility if for utility right-of-way
purposes.
Conveyance to an adjoining property owner if
the transfer is made with the following statement in the deed: "The
land conveyed herein is being transferred to an adjoining landowner
to enlarge the grantee's existing property and shall be considered
merged under the Subdivision Ordinance of the Town of Hampstead with
the existing property of the grantee." Such conveyance requires the
approval of the Commission and is permitted only where the land conveyed
is not intended for development. Any subsequent development of the
land shall be subject to all the requirements of the Town Code.
A drawing of the subdivision showing lots, streets and other
information which may be required in these regulations.
SKETCH SUBDIVISION PLAN—A rough drawing
of a subdivision prepared to allow review and comment by the Commission.
CONCEPT SUBDIVISION PLAN—A master drawing
of a subdivision prepared for the overall planning of a property desired
to be subdivided.
PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN—A master
drawing of a subdivision based on an approved concept plan prepared
for the overall planning of a property desired to be subdivided, and
which is in accordance with these regulations.
FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAN—A master drawing
of a subdivision based on an approved preliminary plan prepared for
the overall planning of a property desired to be subdivided, and which
is in accordance with these regulations.
FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT—A drawing of any
portion of the subdivision which is desired to be made an official
record in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and which
may be all or a portion of a preliminary subdivision plan.
The meaning given by COMAR, Title 26.08.02, as amended or
modified from time to time.
A passage, sidewalk, street or road.
Areas which extend a minimum of 100 feet around any existing
or proposed community water supply well or well site, unless modified
by the Planning Commission, as may be designated on the adopted Water
and Sewer Master Plan or the Hampstead Comprehensive Plan, or identified
during the development process.
The meaning given for "nontidal wetland" in COMAR, Title
08.05.04.01 (62), as amended or modified from time to time.
Chapter 135 of the Town Code of Hampstead.
From and after the effective date of these regulations,
any developer contemplating the subdivision of land shall, previous
thereto, cause a plat of such subdivision to be made in accordance
with provisions set forth in these regulations, and a copy of such
plat shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Carroll County after approval by the Commission. No lot in a subdivision
or any section thereof created after the effective date of these regulations
shall be transferred nor shall a building permit be issued by the
Town Clerk for a structure thereon until such approval and recording
shall be completed as specified herein.
Fees for review of subdivision plans may be
created and amended by Resolution of the Council.
