§ 27-287. Validity period.

An approved Detailed Site Plan shall remain valid for three (3) years, unless otherwise specified in this Subtitle or by the authority requiring the Plan approval, or unless an amendment of the Zoning Ordinance necessitates revision of the Plan. All approved Detailed Site Plans which would otherwise expire during 1994 shall remain valid for one (1) additional year. This provision shall apply to all approved Detailed Site Plans which would expire on or after January 1, 1994. If, at the end of that time, physical development has not begun, approval of the Plan shall be considered as having lapsed and shall have no effect, unless the Plan is resubmitted and reapproved in accordance with the provisions of this Division. Construction shall be considered to have begun when all necessary excavation and piers and footings (of one (1) or more buildings included in the Plan) have been completed.

(CB-9-1992; CB-21-1993; CB-32-1994)

Editor's note— Section 1 of CB-7-2009 (DR-2) provides that the provisions for the running of validity periods contained in Sections 27-287, 27-527, 27-528, 27-546.07, and 27-548.08 of the Zoning Ordinance of the County Code, are hereby temporarily suspended until December 31, 2010.

Section 2 of CB-7-2009 (DR-2) provides that the suspension of the validity period for a given application shall only be applied if the application was in an active, current validity period as of January 1, 2009. This suspension shall not be applied to any whose validity period begins after the date of the adoption of this Ordinance.

Section 1 of CB-6-2010 provides that the provisions for the running of validity periods contained in Sections 27-287, 27-527, 27-528, 27-546.07, and 27-548.08 of the Zoning Ordinance of the County Code, are hereby temporarily suspended until December 31, 2011.

Section 2 of CB-6-2010 provides that the suspension of the validity period for a given application shall only be applied if the application was in an active, current validity period as of January 1, 2010. This suspension shall not be applied to any whose validity period begins after the date of the adoption of this Ordinance.

Section 1 of CB-7-2011 (DR-2) provides that the provisions for the running of validity periods contained in Sections 27-287, 27-527, 27-528, 27-546.07, and 27-548.08 of the Zoning Ordinance of the County Code, are hereby temporarily extended until December 31, 2012.

Section 2 of CB-7-2011 (DR-2) provides that the extension of the validity period for a given application shall only be applied if the application was in an active, current validity period as of January 1, 2011. This extension shall not be applied to any whose validity period begins after the date of the adoption of this Ordinance.

Section 3 of CB-7-2011 (DR-2) provides that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be abrogated and be of no further force and effect after December 31, 2012.

Section 1 of CB-67-2012 (DR-2) provides that the provisions for the running of validity periods contained in Sections 27-287, 27-527, 27-528, 27-546.07, and 27-548.08 of the Zoning Ordinance of the County Code, are hereby temporarily extended until December 31, 2013.

Section 2 of CB-67-2012 (DR-2) provides that the extension of the validity period for a given application shall only be applied if the application was in an active, current validity period as of January 1, 2012. This extension shall not be applied to any whose validity period begins after the date of the adoption of this Ordinance.

Section 3 of CB-67-2012 (DR-2) provides that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be abrogated and be of no further force and effect after December 31, 2013.

Section 1 of CB-71-2013 (DR-2) provides that the provisions for the running of validity periods contained in Sections 27-287, 27-527, 27-528, 27-546.07, and 27-548.08 of the Zoning Ordinance of the County Code, are hereby temporarily extended until December 31, 2015.

Section 2 of CB-71-2013 (DR-2) provides that the extension of the validity period for a given application shall only be applied if the application was in an active, current validity period as of January 1, 2013. This extension shall not be applied to any whose validity period begins after the date of the adoption of this Ordinance.

Section 3 of CB-71-2013 (DR-2) provides that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be abrogated and be of no further force and effect after December 31, 2015.

CB-71-2013 is an uncodified law enacted by the District Council to extend the validity periods of approved detailed site plan applications in a valid status as of January 1, 2013, until December 31, 2015. CB-75-2013 is a codified law providing a conditional or qualified extension process for certain detailed site plan validity periods. The enactment of a conditional extension process in CB-75-2013 does not invalidate or supplant the extension of validity periods by law for approved detailed site plan applications in a valid status as of January 1, 2013, by CB-71-2013. Thus, the applicability of CB-75-2013 to approved detailed site plan applications extended by way of CB-71-2013 is tolled until January 1, 2016.

For detailed site plan applications approved January 2, 2013, or later, the manner and terms for extensions of validity periods set forth in CB-75-2013 will apply to extensions of the validity periods articulated in Part 3, Division 9 of the Zoning Ordinance.

CB-81-2015 is uncodified law enacted by the District Council effective from November 17, 2015, and provides as follows: Sections 1 and 2 of CB-81-2015 temporarily extend, until December 31, 2017, validity periods prescribed in Sections 27-287, 27-527, 27-528, 27-546.07, and 27-548.08 of the Zoning Ordinance for approved applications for Specific Design Plans and Detailed Site Plans, including Detailed Site Plans in the M-X-C and Transit District Overlay Zones, provided that the approved application was in a valid status on January 1, 2015. Section 3 of CB-81-2015 provides that the provisions of CB-81-2015 will automatically expire on December 31, 2017, while Section 5 calls for a work group to be established by the District Council to determine the viability of Detailed Site Plans and Specific Design Plans to proceed in the development process prior to December 17, 2017.

CB-97-2017 is uncodified law enacted by the District Council effective from November 7, 2017, and provides as follows: Sections 1 and 2 of CB-97-2017 temporarily extend, until December 31, 2018, validity periods prescribed in Sections 27-287, 27-527, 27-528, 27-546.07, and 27-548.08 of the Zoning Ordinance for approved applications for Specific Design Plans and Detailed Site Plans, including Detailed Site Plans in the M-X-C and Transit District Overlay Zones, provided that the approved application was in a valid status on January 1, 2017. Section 3 of CB-97-2017 provides that the provisions of CB-97-2017 will automatically expire on December 31, 2018.

CB-59-2018 is uncodified law enacted by the District Council effective from October 23, 2018, and provides as follows: Sections 1 and 2 of CB-59-2018 temporarily extend, until December 31, 2020, validity periods prescribed in Sections 27-287, 27-527, 27-528, 27-546.07, and 27-548.08 of the Zoning Ordinance for approved applications for Specific Design Plans and Detailed Site Plans, including Detailed Site Plans in the M-X-C and Transit District Overlay Zones, provided that the approved application was in a valid status on January 1, 2018. Section 3 of CB-59-2018 provides that the provisions of CB-59-2018 will automatically expire on December 31, 2020.