§ 27-198.02. General procedures.

(a)

The Planning Board may initiate an M-U-TC Map Amendment only upon the concurrence (by resolution) of the District Council. A municipality must also provide prior written approval if the affected area lies wholly or in part within its boundaries.

(b)

After the Map Amendment is initiated by the Planning Board, the Technical Staff shall immediately proceed to prepare a proposed Map Amendment. The proposal shall contain the following:

(1)

The proposed boundaries of the M-U-TC Zone, shown on the Zoning Map. The proposed boundaries shall be continuous and shall not leave land in a different zone solely enclosed by the M-U-TC. No property located partially or completely within the Safety Zones of the Military Installation Overlay Zone shall be classified or reclassified in the M-U-TC Zone.

(2)

A Town Center Development Plan prepared in accordance with Part 10, Division 2, Subdivision 3.

(c)

During the preparation of the proposed M-U-TC Zoning Map Amendment, the Technical Staff shall contact all owners of land and any municipality lying (wholly or in part) within the anticipated boundaries of the proposed M-U-TC Zone, and any municipality within one (1) mile of the anticipated boundary, to invite comments and recommendations concerning their plans and desires for development within the proposed M-U-TC Zone. The purpose of these mailings, and those required at the time of Planning Board and District Council hearings, is informational only. The failure of the Planning Board to send, or a property owner or municipality to receive, the notice shall not invalidate the adoption or approval of the Zoning Map Amendment.

(d)

The Planning Board shall review the proposal of the Technical Staff and shall hold a public hearing on the matter pursuant to the procedures in Section 27-198.03. After the public hearing, the Planning Board shall take action on the proposal and shall transmit its recommendation to the District Council for another public hearing and final action.

(e)

Upon transmittal of the recommended Zoning Map Amendment to the District Council, the Planning Board and Zoning Hearing Examiner (as appropriate) shall cease accepting and processing all Zoning Map Amendment and Special Exception applications within the boundaries of the proposed M-U-TC Zone until after final action by the District Council on the Map Amendment. Any application pending before the District Council shall immediately be remanded to the Office of the Zoning Hearing Examiner.

(CB-2-1994; CB-42-2015)