[HISTORY: Adopted and amended as indicated in text.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
County Commissioners — See Ch. 27.
Election districts — See Ch. 38.
Land records — See Ch. 77.
Board of Appeals — See Ch. 150.
Planning Commission — See Ch. 200.
Agricultural Preservation Districts — See Ch. 215.
Subdivision regulations — See Ch. 278.
Zoning regulations — See Ch. 297.
[1969 Code, sec. 380. P.L.L., 1966, ch. 121; 1969, ch. 315]
A petition for an amendment to the Zoning Map may be recommended
for approval by the Planning Commission and granted by the County
Commissioners, subject to such specific terms, conditions, limitations
and restrictions, together with provisions for the enforcement thereof,
as the Planning Commission and County Commissioners deem necessary
or advisable to prevent any detrimental effects to the use or development
of adjacent properties, the general neighborhood and the County. Any
Zoning Map amendment which is granted upon any terms, conditions,
limitations and restrictions under the terms of this chapter shall
be called a "conditional Zoning Map amendment" and shall be entered
upon the Zoning Map with the word "conditional" inscribed upon the
property so zoned, and an indenture, containing a schedule of any
such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions and a metes and
bounds description of the property, shall be executed by the property
owner and recorded among the land records of Charles County, Maryland.
No conditional Zoning Map amendment shall be granted unless written
consent to the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions is
obtained from the petitioner. If it is determined that such terms,
conditions, limitations and restrictions will adequately prevent detrimental
effect to the use or development of adjacent properties, the general
neighborhood and the County, the Planning Commission and the County
Commissioners may amend the Zoning Map in accordance with this chapter.
All such conditions and limitations shall remain in full force and
effect so long as the property remains subject to the applicable zoning.
While such conditions and limitations remain in effect, the property
shall be put to no use except as permitted by the schedule or, in
the alternative, as permitted by the original zoning category applicable
to the property prior to the granting of the conditional map amendment
The schedule of conditions shall be enforced in strict accordance
with the enforcement provisions set forth in the schedule, and the
property shall automatically revert to its original zoning without
further proceedings if any of the terms, conditions, limitations and
restrictions are violated.
