§ 27-532. Combined application for Basic, Comprehensive Design, and Specific Design Plan approval.

(a)

An applicant for a Comprehensive Design Zone may elect to submit a reproducible copy of a Comprehensive Design Plan, or reproducible copies of a Comprehensive Design Plan and a Specific Design Plan, for consideration concurrently with the application for Zoning Map Amendment and the accompanying Basic Plan, in accordance with the following:

(1)

Any Comprehensive Design Plan submitted pursuant to this Section shall conform to the requirements of Section 27-518. The Comprehensive Design Plan shall be considered by the Planning Board in accordance with Subdivision 1, above, except as follows:

(A)

Concurrent consideration of preliminary plats of subdivision shall not be permitted;

(B)

The Planning Board shall conduct its public hearing on the Comprehensive Design Plan at the same time as the public hearing on the Zoning Map Amendment application and the accompanying Basic Plan. The Planning Board's decision on the Comprehensive Design Plan shall be transmitted to the District Council together with its recommendation on the Zoning Map Amendment application and Basic Plan;

(C)

The Planning Board's decision on the Comprehensive Design Plan shall not become final unless the District Council affirms the action concurrently with its action on the Zoning Map Amendment application and the Basic Plan. If the District Council does not affirm the action of the Planning Board, it shall act on the Comprehensive Design Plan as it deems appropriate, in accordance with the Section 27-521. This Council action shall be considered the final action on the proposed Comprehensive Design Plan. Disapproval of the Comprehensive Design Plan by the District Council shall not preclude approval of the Zoning Map Amendment application and the accompanying Basic Plan, or the submission of a revised Comprehensive Design Plan for consideration by the Planning Board in accordance with Subdivision 1, above.

(2)

Any Specific Design Plan submitted pursuant to this Section shall conform to the requirements of Section 27-527. The Specific Design Plan shall be considered by the Planning Board in accordance with Subdivision 2, above, except as follows:

(A)

Concurrent consideration of preliminary plats of subdivision shall not be permitted;

(B)

The Planning Board shall conduct a public hearing on the Specific Design Plan at the same time as the public hearing on the Zoning Map Amendment application and the accompanying Basic Plan and Comprehensive Design Plan. The Planning Board's decision on the Specific Design Plan shall be transmitted to the District Council together with its recommendation on the Zoning Map Amendment application and the Basic Plan, and its decision on the Comprehensive Design Plan;

(C)

The Planning Board's decision on the Specific Design Plan shall not become final unless the District Council affirms the action concurrently with its action on the Zoning Map Amendment application and the Basic and Comprehensive Design Plans. If the District Council does not affirm the action of the Planning Board, it shall act on the Specific Design Plan as it deems appropriate, in accordance with Section 27-528. This Council action shall be considered the final action on the proposed Specific Design Plan. Disapproval of the Specific Design Plan by the District Council shall not preclude approval of the Zoning Map Amendment application and the accompanying Basic and Comprehensive Design Plans, or the submission of a revised Specific Design Plan for consideration by the Planning Board in accordance with Subdivision 2, above.

(3)

The provisions of Sections 27-131(b), (f), and (g), 27-132(c) and (d), 27-133, 27-189, 27-190, 27-191, and 27-192, shall be applicable to the consideration of Comprehensive Design Plans and Specific Design Plans under this Section.

(4)

Where feasible, elements of the various Plans, may be incorporated into one (1) drawing and one (1) text, provided these documents set forth all applicable information required by Sections 27-179(c)(1)(D), (E), and (F), 27-518, and 27-527 for those combined elements.

(CB-1-2004)