The Myersville, Maryland Planning Commission
is hereby created and established with the powers and duties herein
set forth.
The records of the Myersville, Maryland Planning
and Zoning Commission as it existed prior to the enactment of this
chapter shall be transferred to the Myersville Planning Commission.
The Commission shall elect a Chairman from one
of the appointed members and create and fill such other of its offices
as it may determine. The term of the Chairman shall be one year, with
eligibility for re-election. The Commission shall hold at least one
regular meeting each month. It shall adopt rules for transactions
of business and shall keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions,
findings, and determinations.
[Amended 9-8-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-03]
The Mayor and Council may appoint such employees
as deemed necessary for the work of the Planning Commission and may
also contract with planners, engineers, architects and other consultants
for such services as the Planning Commission may require. The expenditures
of the Commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be under such conditions
and within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the Mayor and
Council. The Mayor and Council shall provide the funds, equipment,
and accommodations necessary for the Commission's work.
[Amended 1-13-2015 by Ord. No. 2014-09]
The Commission shall have those powers, duties, procedures and
obligations which are set forth in Title 2 of the Land Use Article,
Annotated Code of Maryland; and it shall execute those powers, duties,
procedures and obligations in accordance therewith, except as may
otherwise be provided for by this chapter.
From time to time in carrying out their zoning
powers, the Mayor and Council may create, amend, supplant, modify
or repeal ordinances, regulations, restrictions or boundaries. Before
creating, amending, supplanting modifying or repealing such ordinances,
regulations, restrictions or boundaries, the Council shall first make
findings of fact in each specific case that include, but are not limited
to, the recommendations of the Commission.
[Amended 1-13-2015 by Ord. No. 2014-09]
A. The Planning Commission shall have the authority to make or cause
to be made surveys for the exact location of the lines of a street
or streets and any other part of the transportation element of the
plan, if the transportation element is adopted, and to make a plat
of the area or district thus surveyed in accordance with the provisions
of Title 6 of the Land Use Article, Annotated Code of Maryland. In
the event that such surveys are made, then the procedures, duties,
and obligations set forth in Title 6 of the Land Use Article, Annotated
Code of Maryland, shall govern the actions of the Commission and the
Town Council.
B. The provisions of Title 6 of the Land Use Article, Annotated Code
of Maryland, shall be applicable to the Town of Myersville and shall
govern the control of development in the bed of mapped streets and
the construction of municipal utilities or improvements in streets
and development not on mapped streets.
[Amended 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-04]
In order to assist developers in getting information concerning the subdivision regulations (Chapter
130), the Planning Commission may organize a Technical Advisory Committee. The Committee shall meet at intervals necessary to enable developers to conveniently contact all departments involved. The developer shall prepare a preliminary plat before meeting with the Committee. The Committee will be composed of staff members of both the Myersville and County Planning Commissions, State Highway Administration, County Roads Board, County Health Department, County Soil Conservation Committee, and any other department or agency concerned with development.