Ensure that site development and land subdivision meet the design principles and standards and required improvements outlined in this chapter, the St. Michaels Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 340 Zoning, and other ordinances, regulations, and policies established by the Town of St. Michaels;
Regulate the flow of traffic in the streets and highways, providing
for the safe, orderly, and smooth flow of traffic and providing streetscapes
that are hospitable to pedestrians, bicyclists, and the character
of St. Michaels;
Protect wetlands, streams, areas of steep slopes, highly erodible
soils (and other soils with development constraints), shorelines,
and plant and wildlife habitats; and
Applicability. An approved site plan is required before the Town
issues a building permit for any of the following uses, including
the enlargement or replacement of associated structures.
Site plan submission is not required for an individual single-family,
two-family, or duplex dwelling unit or a change of use when no additional
parking is required.
Site plans shall be approved by the Planning Commission. The Zoning
Inspector is authorized to review and approve simplified site plans
for enlargement or expansion of structures involving multifamily,
commercial, industrial, or multiple uses when such enlargement or
expansion meets the following criteria:
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any land within the jurisdiction
of the Town to which these regulations apply, or any other person,
firm, or corporation, to subdivide any lot, tract, or parcel of land,
or layout, construct, open or dedicate for public use or travel any
street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, drainage facilities, or other
facilities in connection in addition to that, or for the common use
of occupants of buildings within the subdivision, unless and until:
A plat of such subdivision is caused to be made per the regulations
outlined in this chapter and the Annotated Code of Maryland Land Use
Article. Division I, Title 5, as amended;
The Planning Commission or Zoning Inspector, as appropriate,
has executed copies of final plat(s) to be recorded in the land records
of Talbot County maintained at the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Talbot County.