[Amended 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 135; 5-9-2011 by Ord. No. 149]
Any zoning permit, building permit, concept
approval, preliminary approval or final approval shall become invalid
if the authorized use, approval or construction for which the permit
or approval was issued is not commenced within 12 months of the date
of issuance for residential and two years for commercial. There must
also be evidence of ongoing construction activity for the permit to
remain valid. The Town Administrator or Town Planner may, upon good
cause shown, extend a building permit for an additional period not
exceeding 12 months. Extensions for any plans approved by the Planning
Commission can only be granted by the Planning Commission. In granting
an extension, the Commission may not impose additional requirements.
After expiration, the project must go back through the approval process
to obtain reapproval. If a project is developed in phases, each phase
must be approved separately, and each phase’s approval will
be valid for 12 months from the date of issuance for residential and
two years for commercial.
All applications for building permits shall
be accompanied by a drawing or plat, in duplicate, or as required
by the Commission, showing, with dimensions, the lot lines, the building
or buildings, the location of buildings on the lot and such other
information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of
these regulations, including, if necessary, a boundary survey and
a staking of the lot by a competent surveyor and complete construction
plans. The drawings shall contain suitable notations indicating the
proposed use of all land and buildings. A careful record of the original
copy of such applications and plats shall be kept in the offices of
the Planning and Zoning Commission, and a duplicate copy shall be
kept at the building at all times during construction.
The purpose of these site development standards
is to assure detailed compliance with the applicable requirements
of this chapter and/or subdivision regulations, and to prescribe the standards for the preparation and
submission of site plan drawings and for the design and construction
of required improvements.
A site plan is required and shall be submitted
for any development or land use involving:
A. A planned unit development (excluding single-family
dwellings).
B. Any residential development, excluding single-family
detached dwellings and one individual duplex unit.
C. Commercial and industrial structures or changes of
uses therein.
D. Churches, temples, synagogues and similar institutions.
F. Public buildings or land, such as, but not limited
to, schools, government offices and ancillary uses, recreational uses.
Every site plan that is submitted in accordance
with this article shall contain the following information:
A. Location of tract by an insert map such that the reviewer
can easily identify location of the site and such information as the
names and numbers of adjoining roads, streams and bodies of water,
railroads, subdivisions, election districts or other landmarks sufficient
to clearly identify the location of the property.
B. A boundary survey of the tract.
C. Certificate setting forth the source of title of the
owner of the tract and the place of record or the last instrument
in the chain of title, if such certificate has not been provided with
a development plan or concept development plan.
D. Location, dimensions, height and setbacks of all existing
and proposed buildings.
E. All existing and proposed streets and easements, their
names, numbers and width; existing and proposed utilities; watercourses
and their names; owners, zoning and present use of adjoining tracts
if not previously submitted with a development plan; Tax Map/parcel
number; current and proposed zoning; parking required/provided; structure
use; plan preparer; percent landscaped, etc. should be provided in
tabular form.
F. Location, type and complete dimensions of vehicular
entrances to the site and same for sidewalks and parkways and provisions
for handicapped movement, including any off-site improvements such
as traffic control devices and acceleration and deceleration lanes.
G. Location, type, size and height of fencing, retaining
walls, trash containers and screen planting where required under the
provisions of this chapter.
H. All off-street parking, loading spaces and walkways, indicating type of surfacing, size, angle of stalls, width of aisles and a specific schedule showing the number of parking spaces provided and the number required in accordance with Article
XI of this chapter, including connection with adjacent developments and dimensions of landscaped areas, and type of curbing.
I. All locations and sizes of proposed water and sewer
installations or proposed additions to existing water and sewer installations,
as well as any design features which are unusual or which deviate
from normal design practices. The proximity to the nearest hydrant
and its area of coverage shall also be shown.
J. Provisions for the adequate disposition of natural and storm drainage in accordance with the duly adopted design criteria and standards of the Town as delineated in Article
XV of this chapter indicating location, sizes, types and grades of ditches, catch basins and pipes and connections to existing drainage system. Copies of all pertinent calculations and assumptions relative to the storm drainage design (to include the delineation and consideration of the off-site contributing watershed and affected areas) and provisions for sediment control and/or stormwater management which are to be incorporated in all phases of construction shall accompany the site plan submissions for review.
K. Description of all watercourses, impoundments and
wetlands on or adjacent to the site or into which stormwater flows.
L. Delineation of one-hundred-year floodplains, if applicable.
M. Structure classification (SCS Pond Standard 378).
N. Computations of hydrology; hydraulic and structural.
O. Where deemed necessary by the approving authority,
the developer shall submit to the approving authority an analysis
of the impacts of stormwater flows downstream in the watershed. The
analysis shall include hydrologic and hydraulic calculations necessary
to determine the impacts of hydrographic timing modifications of the
proposed development upon a dam, highway, structure or natural point
of restricted stream flow, established with the concurrence of the
approving authority, downstream of a tributary of the following size:
(1) The first downstream tributary whose drainage area
equals or exceeds the contributing area to the pond; or
(2) The first downstream tributary whose peak discharge
exceeds the largest designed release rate of the pond.
P. Existing topography with a maximum of two-foot contour
intervals; where existing ground is on a slope of less than 2%, either
one-foot contours or spot elevations, where necessary, but not more
than 50 feet apart in all directions. A drainage area map shall be
to a usable scale.
Q. Proposed finished grading by contours supplemented
where necessary by spot elevations.
R. All horizontal dimensions shown on the site plan shall
be in feet and decimals of a foot to be closest to 1/100 of a foot;
and all bearings in degrees, minutes and seconds to the nearest 10
seconds (closure to be within acceptable survey tolerances, minimum
1:10,000).
T. Other information required by the Planning Commission.
Any currently valid site plan may be revised
in the same manner as originally approved. Any requirement of this
chapter may be waived by the Planning Commission in specific cases
where such requirement is found to be unreasonable or unnecessary
to evaluate the revision. No such waiver shall be adverse to the purpose
of this section.
No permit shall be issued for any structure
or improvement in any area covered by the site plan that is required
under the provisions of this article except as it is in conformity
with such site plan which has been duly approved.
Upon satisfactory completion of required improvements
as shown on the approved site plan or a section thereof, the developer
shall submit to the Planning Director the number of copies as required
of the "as built" site plan, certified by the licensed professional
as defined by COMAR for occupancy of any building, for the review
and approval for conformity with the approved site plan by the Town
as designated in this section. The Planning Director shall not process
the occupancy permit until the appropriate "as built" site plan has
been reviewed and approved by the appropriate agencies. If built as
approved, said approved plan may be certified by the licensed professional
as the "as-built."
In furtherance of the purposes of this chapter
and to assure public safety and general welfare, the Town shall require
the improvements as shown in the following standards section:
A. General site plan standards.
(1) Designation of pedestrian walkways so that patrons
may walk on same from store to store or building to building within
the site and to adjacent sites.
(2) Construction of vehicular travel lanes or driveways
to the appropriate standard in the Leonardtown Road Ordinance which will permit vehicular travel on the site and to
and from adjacent parking areas and adjacent property, provided that
on any site bordering a state primary highway or adjacent to an existing
service road in the arterial highway system, the developer of any
site, in lieu of providing travel lanes or driveways in order to provide
vehicular travel to and from adjacent parking areas and adjacent property,
may dedicate, where necessary, and construct a service road under
the appropriate Town, county or state specifications for such.
(3) Connection, wherever possible, of all sidewalks, walkways,
travel lanes and driveways with similar facilities in adjacent developments.
[Amended 5-9-2011 by Ord. No. 149]
(4) Screening, fences, landscaping, walls, curbs and gutters
as are required by the provisions of this chapter and other ordinances
of the Town.
(5) Easements or rights-of-way for all facilities to be
publicly maintained. Such easement shall be clearly defined for the
purpose intended.
(6) Adequate traffic control devices along such vehicular
travel lanes or driveways to prohibit parking on such.
(7) Adequate drainage system for the disposition of storm
and natural waters to include, when required, stormwater management
devices.
(8) Temporary and permanent erosion and sediment controls
measures.
B. Where not otherwise specified in this chapter, open
space and recreation area designations and reservations may be required
by the Planning Commission, upon recommendation by the staff to preserve
natural areas, stream belts, historic sites, wetlands and other areas
of critical concern to the Town, county and/or state. Such designations
and reservations of open space and recreation area may be prescribed
by easements, acquisitions, dedications or other appropriate means.
Floodplains, flood hazard areas and areas within the regulatory flood
zones may be included in such reservations and designations. The Planning
Commission shall require in all cases that the applicant shall submit
for appropriate approval specific arrangements for the perpetual management
and responsibility of the designated open space and recreation area.
C. Solid waste disposal stations shall be provided in
such numbers and at such locations so as to provide for the convenient
storage and collection of garbage and trash.
D. Agricultural uses shall be exempted from those standards
set forth in this section of this chapter.
E. Site developments that propose gated communities shall be prohibited since such development precludes opportunity to achieve the standard set forth in Subsection
A(3) of this section.
[Added 5-9-2011 by Ord. No. 149]
The Town Commissioners shall establish by resolution
a schedule of fees, charges and expenses and a collection procedure
for occupancy permits, building permits and other matters pertaining
to this chapter. The schedule of fees shall be posted in the office
of the Planning and Zoning Commission and may be altered or amended
only by the Town Commissioners after referral to the Commission.