§ 27-225.02. Planning Board/Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement procedures.

(a)

Pending building permit applications.

(1)

The Clerk of the Council shall notify the Director of the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement and the Planning Board of the approval of an Area Master Plan or Sector Plan that includes a Zoning Proposal that was prepared pursuant to the provisions of Section 27-225.01, or the Director of the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement upon the transmittal of a proposed Sectional Map Amendment from the Planning Board to the District Council pursuant to the provisions of Section 27-225 or Section 27-225.01.05. The Planning Board or its authorized representative shall postpone recommendations for building permit applications, and the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement shall postpone the issuance of building permits, for land within the area of the proposed Sectional Map Amendment, when the lot or parcel of land on which construction is proposed is in a Commercial or Industrial Zone, was proposed by the Planning Board for a less intense zone in which the proposed use is not permitted, is undeveloped, and has been in the same zone for more than ten (10) years. Building permit applications shall not be processed or issued until after final action by the District Council on the Sectional Map Amendment. This Subsection shall not apply to a lot or parcel of land for which a grading permit has been issued by Prince George's County, sediment and erosion control devices have been installed by the permittee, and site grading activities have been initiated by the permittee.

(2)

After final action on a Sectional Map Amendment by the District Council, all applications shall be processed in accordance with the procedures and requirements that normally apply to building permit applications.

(b)

Expiration of building permits.

(1)

The Clerk of the Council shall notify the Director of the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement and the Planning Board of the approval of a Sectional Map Amendment pursuant to Section 27-226.

(2)

Following notification of the approval of a Sectional Map Amendment, the Planning Board or its authorized representative shall identify building permits for lots or parcels within the area of the approved Sectional Map Amendment that were rezoned to a less intense zone in which the proposed use is not permitted, and advise the Building Official accordingly.

(3)

The Building Official shall determine by inspection if completion of construction pursuant to a validly issued building permit is being diligently pursued, as witnessed by the completed construction of the building foundation. If the building foundation, as defined in Subtitle 4, is complete, the building permit shall not expire in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection and Section 4-112 of Subtitle 4.

(4)

If a determination is made that completion of construction is not being diligently pursued, as witnessed by the lack of a completed building foundation pursuant to a validly issued permit, the Building Official shall notify the permit holder that the building permit has expired by its own terms.

(CB-51-1990; CB-33-1992; CB-35-2011; CB-29-2014)