§ 27-281. Purpose of Detailed Site Plans.

(a)

Examples.

(1)

Because the detailed design of land development significantly affects the health, safety, and welfare of the general public, and because regulation of land development through fixed standards can result in monotonous design and lower quality development, certain types of land development are best regulated by a combination of development standards and a discretionary review of a Detailed Site Plan. Such cases include:

(A)

Attached housing, such as townhouses and multifamily dwellings;

(B)

Planned employment parks;

(C)

Planned mixed-use developments;

(D)

Large parking compounds;

(E)

Recreational community developments;

(F)

Screening or buffering as a necessary design element;

(G)

Large single-use developments;

(H)

Environmentally sensitive land, or land that contains important natural features that are particularly worthy of attention;

(I)

Development which is potentially incompatible with land uses on surrounding properties; and

(J)

Buildings or land uses that are a part of particularly sensitive views as seen from adjacent properties or streets.

(b)

General purposes.

(1)

The general purposes of Detailed Site Plans are:

(A)

To provide for development in accordance with the principles for the orderly, planned, efficient and economical development contained in the General Plan, Master Plan, or other approved plan;

(B)

To help fulfill the purposes of the zone in which the land is located;

(C)

To provide for development in accordance with the site design guidelines established in this Division; and

(D)

To provide approval procedures that are easy to understand and consistent for all types of Detailed Site Plans.

(c)

Specific purposes.

(1)

The specific purposes of Detailed Site Plans are:

(A)

To show the specific location and delineation of buildings and structures, parking facilities, streets, green areas, and other physical features and land uses proposed for the site;

(B)

To show specific grading, planting, sediment control, woodland conservation areas, regulated environmental features and storm water management features proposed for the site;

(C)

To locate and describe the specific recreation facilities proposed, architectural form of buildings, and street furniture (such as lamps, signs, and benches) proposed for the site; and

(D)

To describe any maintenance agreements, covenants, or construction contract documents that are necessary to assure that the Plan is implemented in accordance with the requirements of this Subtitle.

(CB-120-1984; CB-75-1989; CB-84-1990; CB-47-1996; CB-28-2010)

Editor's note

Section 3 of CB-28-2010 provides that a development project for which all required development applications have been approved by the Planning Board, Zoning Hearing Examiner, or District Council, and appeal periods have not expired as of September 1, 2010, is grandfathered; or a development project that has an approved preliminary plan of subdivision, but has not completed subsequent processes such as final plat or site plan as of September 1, 2010, is grandfathered for that portion of the project covered by the preliminary plan.