Dorchester County, MD
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2023-11-21
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The Code
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Part II: Administrative and General Legislation
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Chapter 140 Subdivision Regulations
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Code of Public Local Laws
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Boundary Lines
- Ch 7 Circuit Court
- Ch 10 Commissioners
- Ch 12 Criminal Law
- Ch 14 Deer Hunting
- Ch 17 Election Districts
- Ch 21 Fortune-Telling; Palmistry
- Ch 25 Open Air Burning
- Ch 30 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 34 Records, Burned or Destroyed
- Ch 37 Recreation and Parks
- Ch 38 Right to Farm Law
- Ch 40 Roads
- Ch 44 Sheriff; County Jail
- Ch 47 Sureties
- Ch 50 Treasurer
- Part II: Administrative and General Legislation
- Ch 56 Defense of Officers and Employees
- Ch 60 Agricultural Land Preservation
- Ch 62 (Reserved)
- Ch 63 Burial Sites Preservation
- Ch 65 Building Code
- Ch 68 Chesapeake Bay Critical Area
- Ch 70 Nondiscrimination Policy
- Ch 75 Department of Correction
- Ch 78 Dog Control
- Ch 80 Economic Development Department
- Ch 82 Electrical Standards
- Ch 85 Emergency Telephone Charge
- Ch 88 Ethics
- Ch 91 Fallout Shelters
- Ch 93 Fees
- Ch 95 Financial Disclosure
- Ch 96 Forest Conservation Standards
- Ch 97 (Reserved)
- Ch 100 Grading, Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 102 Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- Ch 105 Human Resources
- Ch 107 Lien for Money Owed to County
- Ch 110 Minimum Livability Code
- Ch 115 Noise
- Ch 116 Nuisance Control
- Ch 118 Numbering System, Uniform
- Ch 119 Plumbing
- Ch 120 Procurement System, Health Department
- Ch 122 Police Accountability Board and Administrative Charging Committee
- Ch 121 Property Maintenance
- Ch 125 Refuse Collection
- Ch 126 Right to Work - Seafood Industry
- Ch 127 Right to Farm
- Ch 129 Sanitary Landfills
- Ch 131 Sanitary System Construction
- Ch 132 School Bus Monitoring Cameras
- Ch 133 Shore Erosion Control Districts
- Ch 134 Stormwater Management
- Ch 137 Streets, Roads and Driveways
- Ch 140 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 140 Art I General Provisions
- § 140-1 Purpose.
- § 140-2 Legislative intent.
- § 140-3 Short title.
- § 140-4 Applicability of provisions; exemptions; greater restrictions to prevail.
- Ch 140 Art II Definitions
- § 140-5 Word usage.
- § 140-6 Terms defined.
- Ch 140 Art III General Regulations; Penalties
- § 140-7 Prerequisites for subdivision.
- § 140-8 Plat approval required prior to recording.
- § 140-9 Recording of final plat required prior to transferal or sale of land or issuance of building permit; utilities to be operational prior to occupation.
- § 140-10 Violations and penalties.
- § 140-10.1 Approvals within Critical Area.
- Ch 140 Art IV Sketch Plan
- § 140-11 Purpose; applicability.
- § 140-12 Requirements.
- § 140-13 Approval procedures.
- § 140-14 Review by Director and Commission approval.
- Ch 140 Art V Preliminary Plat
- § 140-15 Purpose; compliance with provisions required.
- § 140-16 Requirements.
- § 140-17 Approval procedures.
- § 140-18 Effect of approval; filing of copies.
- Ch 140 Art VI Final Plat
- § 140-19 Purpose; Submission Required; Simultaneous Review.
- § 140-20 Requirements.
- § 140-21 Approval procedures.
- § 140-22 Recording requirements.
- § 140-23 Revised plats.
- Ch 140 Art VII Design Standards
- § 140-24 Standards outlined considered minimum; restrictions to modifications.
- § 140-25 General requirements.
- § 140-26 Streets and roads.
- § 140-27 Individual water supply and sewage disposal systems.
- § 140-28 Community sanitary sewer and water systems.
- § 140-29 Floodplain areas.
- § 140-30 Storm drainage system.
- § 140-31 Sediment control.
- Ch 140 Art VIII Improvements
- § 140-32 Purpose.
- § 140-33 General requirements.
- § 140-34 Improvements required in some or most subdivisions.
- Ch 140 Art IX Assurance For Completion and Maintenance of Improvements
- § 140-35 Improvements and subdivision improvement agreements.
- § 140-36 Guaranty for construction of improvements.
- § 140-37 Phasing of improvements.
- § 140-38 Procedure for county approval and/or acceptance of improvements.
- § 140-39 Cost of improvements; special districts.
- § 140-40 Failure to complete improvement.
- § 140-41 Inspections.
- § 140-42 Maintenance and warranty of public improvements.
- § 140-43 Deferral of required improvements.
- Ch 140 Art X Changes and Amendments
- § 140-44 Initiation.
- § 140-45 Notification; hearing.
- Ch 140 Art XI Administration
- § 140-46 Extensions; waivers and modifications; appeals.
- § 140-47 Fees.
- § 140-48 Enforcement officer designated.
- Ch 140 Art XII (Reserved)
- § 140-49 through § 140-55. (Reserved)
- Ch 140 Art XIII Forest Conservation Protection
- § 140-56 Purpose.
- § 140-57 Greater restrictions to prevail; other applicable provisions.
- § 140-58 Definitions.
- § 140-59 Exemptions.
- § 140-60 General requirements.
- § 140-61 Forest stand delineation.
- § 140-62 Forest Conservation Plan.
- § 140-63 Afforestation and retention.
- § 140-64 Reforestation.
- § 140-65 Subdivision of land partially located within the critical area.
- § 140-66 Variances.
- § 140-67 Violations and penalties.
- § 140-68 Fees and charges.
- Ch 144 Taxation
- Ch 147 Violations of Ordinances
- Ch 150 Wharves, Docks, Marinas, Piers and Harbor Facilities, Public
- Ch 155 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A158 Acts Not Elsewhere Referred to
- Ch A159 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of County
Commissioners of Dorchester County 10-1-1996 by Ord. No. 243.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided
for the repeal of former Ch. 140, Subdivision Regulations, adopted
8-30-1977 by Ord. No. 32, as amended.
