§ 708. Restrictions in Zoning Cases.

(a)

No amendment to an application in a zoning case shall be permitted after notice of public hearing is given.

(b)

No application for a zoning map amendment or special exception to a zoning regulation may be filed on substantially the same land until two calendar years have elapsed after action, including appellate review, shall have been completed upon any previous application. After two such applications on substantially the same land shall have been acted upon, a period of four calendar years must elapse before another application may be filed.

(c)

Staff studies of any agency or commission in the nature of land development plans which have not been subjected to the procedures and requirements for the adoption and approval of a master plan shall not be used as any part of the basis for the approval of applications in zoning cases.

(d)

A zoning map amendment may not be approved subject to a condition or qualification which is not uniformly applicable throughout the County to all land in the same zoning classification.

(e)

No zoning classification shall be a floating zone.

(f)

State and County officials may not appear in a representative capacity on behalf of any private party in any zoning case.

(g)

The Council may by law require that, subsequent to the granting of a zoning map amendment, a site plan shall be filed and approved as a prerequisite for the issuance of a building permit. Such law shall contain standards for approval and shall require that notice of the filing of the site plan be given to adjacent property owners and to any municipality in which the land is located and that a public hearing shall be held prior to the approval of the site plan.