It shall be unlawful for the owner of any land within the jurisdiction of these regulations, except as exempted under § 140-4 of this chapter, or any other person, firm or corporation to subdivide any lot, tract or parcel of land or to lay out, construct, open or dedicate for public use or travel or for the common use of the occupants of the buildings within the subdivision any street, road, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, drainage facilities or other facilities in connection therewith, unless and until:
A. 
A final plat of such subdivision is caused to be made in accordance with the regulations set forth herein and in Article 66B, § 5.01 et seq., and Article 17[1] of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[1]
Editor's Note: Certain provisions of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland have been repealed, including those provisions dealing with the general recording of subdivision plats, which were repealed by Acts 1972, ch. 349, § 1. For provisions similar to those which have been repealed, see the Real Property Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, § 3-108.
B. 
Approval is secured thereof from the Commission, as provided herein.
C. 
Said Commission has caused copies of the final plat to be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Dorchester County.
D. 
A letter of approval and a copy of the recording receipt is forwarded to the applicant.
No final plat of any subdivision, except as exempted by these regulations, shall be recorded by the Clerk of the Court until it has been submitted to and approved by the Commission, as provided herein. The Commission shall not approve said plat unless it is satisfied that the requirements of these regulations have been complied with.
A. 
No land in a subdivision created after the adoption of these regulations shall be transferred, sold or offered for sale nor shall a building permit be issued for a structure thereon until a final plat of such subdivision shall have been recorded in accordance with these regulations and the provisions of the state and until the improvements required in connection with the subdivision have either been constructed or guaranteed, as hereinafter provided.
B. 
No building depending upon community water and sewerage facilities shall be permitted to be occupied before such facilities are fully provided and operational.
[Amended 9-28-2004 by Bill No. 2004-15]
Any person violating this chapter shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Article 66B, § 7.01, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, and/or violations, inspection and penalties provisions of Chapter 155 of the Dorchester County Code.
[Added 3-2-2010 by Bill No. 2010-6]
No approval, permit, variance or special exception for any property located within the Critical Area as regulated by this chapter shall be issued, unless the person seeking the permit, approval, variance, or special exception has:
A. 
Fully paid all administrative, civil, and criminal penalties imposed by this chapter for violation for the subject property within the Critical Area; and
B. 
Prepared a restoration or mitigation plan, approved by the County to abate impacts to water quality or natural resources as a result of the violation for the subject property within the Critical Area; and
C. 
Performed the abatement measures in the approved plan in accordance with the County's Critical Area Program, for the subject property, under this chapter; and
D. 
Satisfaction of all conditions specified under this section shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of any permit, approval, variance, or special exception for the affected property; and
E. 
Unless an extension of time is appropriate because of adverse planting conditions, within 90 days of the issuance of a permit, approval, variance, or special exception for the affected property, any additional mitigation required as a condition of approval for the permit, approval, variance, or special exception shall be completed.