§ 27-518. Contents of Plan.

(a)

The applicant shall demonstrate to the Planning Board that, in the preparation of the Comprehensive Design Plan and supporting documents, he has devoted adequate attention to environmental relationships, building design, landscaping, engineering factors, and (if necessary) traffic factors. The signatures of a qualified design team (including an urban planner, architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, and traffic engineer) on the Comprehensive Design Plan and supporting documents shall be prima facie evidence that the respective factors within the scope of the signer's profession have been considered.

(b)

The Comprehensive Design Plan shall consist of the following with all plans prepared at the same scale:

(1)

A reproducible drawing (with ten (10) prints) showing the proposed development of the property. This drawing shall be in conformance with the approved Basic Plan. The drawing shall show the approximate location and proposed density of dwelling units, nonresidential building intensity, and the zoning of adjoining properties;

(2)

A schedule and text, including the delineation of any staged units to be developed at different times;

(3)

A description of design principles proposed to govern the project, including design guidelines set forth in Section 27-274 of Part 3, Division 9, of this Subtitle for the M-A-C, L-A-C, E-I-A, R-U, R-M, and R-S Zones, and in Section 27-514.06 for the V-M and V-L Zones;

(4)

The total number of acres in the proposed project and the percentage thereof proposed for various uses;

(5)

The number of dwelling units proposed (by type of dwelling unit) for each staged unit;

(6)

The estimated residential or employment population for each staged unit;

(7)

The location and extent of any proposed commercial area;

(8)

The anticipated priority of development of each staged unit;

(9)

The standards proposed to be used for height, open space, building intensity, population density, and public improvements;

(10)

Engineering feasibility studies (including traffic engineering studies), as necessary;

(11)

An approved Natural Resource Inventory;

(12)

A Type 1 Tree Conservation Plan prepared in conformance with Division 2 of Subtitle 25 and The Woodland and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Technical Manual or Standard a Letter of Exemption;

(13)

A statement of justification describing how the proposed design preserves and/or restores the regulated environmental features to the fullest extent possible; and

(14)

Where a Comprehensive Design Plan proposes to include an adaptive use of a Historic Site, the application shall include:

(A)

Text describing the nature of the proposed adaptive use, including a description of how the use will be integrated into the design and theme of the Historic Site;

(B)

A preliminary evaluation of historic landscape features through field investigation; and

(C)

Preliminary architectural elevations within the environmental setting of the Historic Site.

(c)

In the E-I-A Zone, a reduced Comprehensive Design Plan shall be allowed under the following circumstances:

(1)

For parcels containing a minimum of five (5) acres of land, provided the total property zoned E-I-A in the approved Basic Plan is in excess of one hundred fifty (150) acres; and

(2)

Where the reduced Comprehensive Design Plan is for:

(A)

The use of an eleemosynary or philanthropic institution, provided an eleemosynary or philanthropic institution existed on the property at the time of approval of the original Basic Plan; or

(B)

A Planned Environmental Preservation Community.

(d)

A reduced Comprehensive Design Plan shall consist of the following with regard to the acreage within such reduced Comprehensive Design Plan:

(1)

A reproducible drawing (with ten (10) prints) showing the proposed development of the parcel. This drawing shall be in conformance with the approved Basic Plan. The drawing shall show the approximate location and intensity of nonresidential buildings, and the zoning of adjoining properties;

(2)

A schedule and text, including the delineation of any staged units to be developed at different times;

(3)

A description of design principles proposed to govern the project;

(4)

The estimated employment or residential population for this reduced Comprehensive Design Plan;

(5)

The anticipated priority of development of each staged unit (if staging is proposed);

(6)

The standards proposed to be used for height, open space, building intensity, population or residential density, and public improvements, and a description how the proposed development meets the standards; and

(7)

Traffic feasibility studies, as necessary.

(e)

A Comprehensive Design Plan shall be considered submitted on the date the Planning Director determines that the applicant has filed a complete Plan in accordance with the requirements of this Section.

(CB-120-1989; CB-20-1990; CB-84-1990; CB-53-1991; CB-35-1992; CB-107-1992; CB-47-1996; CB-35-2003; CB-28-2010; CB-34-2011; CB-83-2015)

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.

Section 3 of CB-34-2011 provides that a development project for which all required development applications have been approved by the Planning Board, Zoning Hearing Examiner, or District Council, notwithstanding any appeal period, is grandfathered regarding the provisions of CB-28-2010 that became effective on September 1, 2010, or any subsequent revisions in conformance with the grandfathered approval; or a development project that has an approved preliminary plan of subdivision, notwithstanding any further development review requirements including record plats is grandfathered regarding the provisions of CB-28-2010 that became effective on September 1, 2010, or any subsequent revisions in conformance with the grandfathered approval for that portion of the project covered by the preliminary plan.