§ 27-1901. Initiation and Authorization.

(a)

The CMA shall be initiated by a resolution of the District Council authorizing and directing the Planning Board to prepare a proposed Amendment. Initiation shall be in accordance with the approved planning scheduled work program and budget of the Commission.

(b)

The Resolution of initiation approved by the District Council for the CMA shall include:

(1)

An estimated schedule; and

(2)

Recommended goals, concepts, guidelines, and a public participation program, which shall:

(A)

Encourage a balance of participation by the County's residents and businesses affected by the CMA to include: property owners, area civic associations, local business groups, interest groups, government agencies, and all incorporated municipalities within the County;

(B)

Explain the techniques to facilitate committed public involvement in the preparation of the CMA; and

(C)

Include techniques to keep the larger affected community informed;

(3)

A staff decision matrix to guide recommendations during the preparation of a proposed CMA.

(c)

The Resolution and any descriptive data shall be available for public inspection, during regular business hours, at the Administrative Office of the Planning Board.

(d)

The Resolution shall be advertised in the County newspapers of record for at least two (2) successive weeks after its adoption.

(e)

In addition to the publication requirements set forth in this Section, the Planning Board shall, as promptly as practicable, mail notices to all property owners affected by the CMA upon the adoption of a Resolution to approve initiation of a CMA by the District Council. Said notice shall include specific points of public access as to the approved Resolution, as well as the respectively approved goals, concepts, guidelines, public participation program(s), and the approved decision matrix structured to guide recommendations during the preparation of a preliminary CMA.

(CB-14-2018)