Charles County, MD Zoning Regulations

Charles County, MD

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Ch 1 General Provisions
Division 1: Code of Public Local Laws
Ch 4 (Reserved)
Ch 8 Bond Sales
Ch 10 (Reserved)
Ch 13 (Reserved)
Ch 15 Building Code
Ch 17 Building Projects
Ch 21 Circuit Court
Ch 24 Code Supplements
Ch 27 Commissioners, County
Ch 30 (Reserved)
Ch 34 Dredging Operations
Ch 37 Elderly Care Homes
Ch 38 Election Districts
Ch 41 Electrical Apparatus and Wiring
Ch 44 (Reserved)
Ch 45 False Alarms
Ch 48 Fiscal and Administrative Services, Department of
Ch 51 Firearms
Ch 54 Volunteer Fire Companies, Rescue Squads, Mobile Intensive Care Units and Dive Rescue Units
Ch 58 Garbage
Ch 62 Heritage Commission
Ch 64 Housing Cooperatives
Ch 67 Hucksters
Ch 69 Human Relations Commission
Ch 70 Human Resources Committee
Ch 72 Hunting
Ch 75 Landings, Public
Ch 77 Land Records
Ch 79 Massage Establishments
Ch 80 Medical Treatment and Facilities
Ch 81 Minimum Livability Code
Ch 85 Nuisances; Public Health
Ch 87 Officers and Employees
Ch 90 (Reserved)
Ch 97 Planning and Growth Management, Department of; Facilities, Department of
Ch 100 Right to Farm
Ch 104 Roads and Bridges
Ch 108 (Reserved)
Ch 111 (Reserved)
Ch 114 Scholarships
Ch 116 Schools
Ch 119 Self-Liquidating Projects
Ch 122 Sewers and Drainage Systems
Ch 125 Sheriff
Ch 127 Smoking and Tobacco Products
Ch 130 Trailers and Trailer Parks
Ch 133 Trash Disposal
Ch 136 (Reserved)
Ch 140 Women's Commission
Ch 145 Zoning
Division 2: Code of Ordinances and Resolutions
Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 147 Advocacy Council for Children, Youth and Families
Ch 148 Affirmative Action
Ch 150 Appeals, Board of
Ch 153 (Reserved)
Ch 158 Clean Energy Loan Program
Ch 162 Deferred Compensation Program
Ch 164 Drug Enforcement and Education Special Reserve Fund
Ch 166 Education Reimbursement Guidelines
Ch 170 Ethics, Code of
Ch 175 Grants
Ch 178 Housing Authority Board
Ch 180 (Reserved)
Ch 185 Liability Indemnification
Ch 187 Mental Health Services
Ch 189 (Reserved)
Ch 190 Nursing Scholarship Program
Ch 192 Occupational Safety and Health
Ch 197 Personnel Regulations
Ch 200 Planning Commission
Ch 203 Purchasing Procedures
Ch 208 School Crossing Guards
Ch 209 (Reserved)
Ch 210 Sheriff's Office
Ch 211 Substance Abuse Advisory Council
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 215 Agricultural Preservation Districts
Ch 216 Alarm Systems
Ch 218 Ambulances, Private
Ch 224 Building Construction
Ch 226 Cable Communications
Ch 227 Car Sales
Ch 228 Contractors
Ch 230 Dogs and Other Animals
Ch 234 Electrical Standards
Ch 235 Farming
Ch 236 Fees
Ch 238 Flood Damage Control
Ch 240 Gambling Permits
Ch 241 Gas Standards
Ch 244 Grading and Sedimentation Control
Ch 245 Hazardous Materials
Ch 247 Homeowners' Associations
Ch 249 Impact Fees
Ch 252 Land Use
Ch 254 Landfills
Ch 257 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Courts
Ch 260 Noise Control
Ch 265 Real Property Transactions
Ch 269 Scrap Metal Processors
Ch 271 Senior Citizens Clubs
Ch 274 Stormwater Management
Ch 275 Watershed Protection and Restoration Program
Ch 276 Streets, Roads and Sidewalks
Ch 278 Subdivision Regulations
Ch 281 Taxation
Ch 284 (Reserved)
Ch 287 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 291 Water and Sewers
Ch 295 (Reserved)
Ch 297 Zoning Regulations
Ch 297 Art I Introduction
§ 297-1 Purpose.
§ 297-2 Statutory authority.
§ 297-3 Applicability.
§ 297-4 Violations and penalties.
§ 297-5 Zoning Map.
§ 297-6 Compliance required.
§ 297-7 Severability.
§ 297-8 Conflicting regulations.
§ 297-9 Rules of construction.
§ 297-10 through § 297-20. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art II General Provisions
§ 297-21 Interpretation of zone boundaries.
§ 297-22 Lots divided by zoning boundary lines.
§ 297-23 Amendments to the Official Zoning Map.
§ 297-24 Computation of time.
§ 297-25 General lot requirements.
§ 297-26 General yard requirements.
§ 297-27 Exceptions and modifications to minimum height requirements.
§ 297-28 Visibility at intersecting roads.
§ 297-29 Accessory uses and structures.
§ 297-30 Temporary uses.
§ 297-31 Smoke standards.
§ 297-32 Noise.
§ 297-33 Air pollution standards.
§ 297-34 Disposal of liquid wastes.
§ 297-35 Electrical disturbance or interference.
§ 297-36 Hazardous materials storage near railroad tracks.
§ 297-37 Change in use.
§ 297-38 Transportation element of Comprehensive Plan.
§ 297-39 Expiration of home occupation and cottage industry permits.
§ 297-40 Scenic and/or historic roads.
§ 297-41 through § 297-48. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art III Definitions and Interpretations
§ 297-49 Word usage; definitions.
§ 297-50 through § 297-60. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art IV Permissible Uses
§ 297-61 Use of designations P, PC and SE in Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-62 Permissible uses and specific exclusions.
§ 297-63 Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-64 through § 297-74. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art V Residential Density
§ 297-75 Residential density.
§ 297-76 through § 297-86. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art VI Base Zone Regulations
§ 297-87 AC Agricultural Conservation Zone.
§ 297-88 Rural zones.
§ 297-89 Village zones.
§ 297-90 Development district residential zones.
§ 297-91 Commercial zones.
§ 297-92 Industrial zones.
§ 297-93 Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zone.
§ 297-94 Waterfront Planned Community (WPC) Zone.
§ 297-95 Core Mixed-Use Zones.
§ 297-96 Utility transmission lines.
§ 297-97 Activity center zones.
§ 297-98 through § 297-100. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art VII Planned Development Zone Regulations
§ 297-101 Objectives.
§ 297-102 General regulations.
§ 297-103 Master plan.
§ 297-104 Approval.
§ 297-105 Planned Residential Development (PRD) Zone.
§ 297-106 Mixed Use (MX) Zone.
§ 297-107 Planned Employment and Industrial Park (PEP) Zone.
§ 297-108 Planned Manufactured Home Park (PMH) Zone.
§ 297-109 Design guidelines and requirements.
§ 297-110 Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Zone.
§ 297-111 through § 297-114. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art VIII (Reserved)
§ 297-115 through § 297-125. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art IX Critical Area Zone (Overlay Zone)
§ 297-126 Purpose; statutory authority.
§ 297-127 Applicability.
§ 297-128 Definitions of terms applicable to Critical Area Zone.
§ 297-129 Official Critical Area Zone Maps and zone designations.
§ 297-130 Lots of record in Critical Area Zone; grandfather provisions.
§ 297-131 Critical Area Buffer regulations.
§ 297-132 Development standards.
§ 297-133 Site plans.
§ 297-134 Growth allocation (GA).
§ 297-135 Critical Area violations.
§ 297-136 Critical area administrative variance.
§ 297-137 Habitat protection areas and plans.
§ 297-138 through § 297-145. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art X Highway Corridor (Overlay Zone)
§ 297-146 Purposes.
§ 297-147 Establishment of zones.
§ 297-148 Affected development.
§ 297-149 Architectural standards.
§ 297-150 Access standards.
§ 297-151 Road buffer standards.
§ 297-152 Retention of natural buffers along road rights-of-way.
§ 297-153 Exemptions from buffer standards.
§ 297-154 Permitted activity in road buffer before and after development.
§ 297-155 through § 297-166. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XI Resource Protection Zone (RPZ) (Overlay Zone)
§ 297-167 Purpose.
§ 297-168 Scope.
§ 297-169 Application.
§ 297-170 Resource Protection Zone delineation.
§ 297-171 Minimum stream Buffer widths.
§ 297-172 Buffer adjustments for adjacent nontidal wetlands, one-hundred-year floodplains and steep slopes.
§ 297-173 Use restrictions.
§ 297-174 Permitted uses.
§ 297-175 Open space credit.
§ 297-176 Extension of RPZ.
§ 297-177 Adjustment of zone.
§ 297-178 Plans and plats information.
§ 297-179 Construction staking.
§ 297-180 Enforcement.
§ 297-181 Performance bond.
§ 297-182 RPZ variance provisions.
§ 297-183 through § 297-192. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XII Airport (Overlay Zone)
§ 297-193 through § 297-209. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XIII Minimum Standards for Special Exceptions and Uses Permitted With Conditions
§ 297-210 General provisions.
§ 297-211 Alphabetical listing.
§ 297-212 Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-213 through § 297-218. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XIV Cluster Development
§ 297-219 Purpose.
§ 297-220 General requirements.
§ 297-221 Residential dwelling types.
§ 297-222 Design requirements.
§ 297-223 Cluster open space.
§ 297-224 Review procedures for cluster developments.
§ 297-225 Required findings.
§ 297-226 (Reserved)
§ 297-227 Amendment of approved cluster developments.
§ 297-228 Cluster development requirement charts.
§ 297-229 through § 297-239. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XV Moderately Priced Dwellings
§ 297-240 Intent.
§ 297-241 Applicability.
§ 297-242 Requirements.
§ 297-243 Density bonus.
§ 297-244 through § 297-254. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XVI Adequate Public Facilities Requirements
§ 297-255 Purpose.
§ 297-256 Adequate public facilities required.
§ 297-257 Roads.
§ 297-258 Schools.
§ 297-259 Sewerage system.
§ 297-260 Water supply system.
§ 297-261 Fire suppression for rural areas.
§ 297-262 Stormwater management facilities.
§ 297-263 Adequate public facilities study.
§ 297-264 Mitigation.
§ 297-265 Bonding or surety.
§ 297-266 Standards, criteria and procedures for adequate public facilities studies.
§ 297-267 through § 297-276. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XVII Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) in Designated Agricultural Land Preservation Districts
§ 297-277 Introduction.
§ 297-278 Definitions.
§ 297-279 TDR sending areas; properties assigned transferable development rights.
§ 297-280 Ability to transfer development rights.
§ 297-281 Certificate of development options or rights.
§ 297-282 Instrument of transfer.
§ 297-283 Effect of transfer.
§ 297-284 TDR receiving area; use of transferable development rights.
§ 297-285 Approval of development using transferable development rights.
§ 297-286 Final approval of use.
§ 297-287 through § 297-296. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XVIII Site Design
§ 297-297 Purpose.
§ 297-298 General site design standards.
§ 297-299 Landscaping and tree planting standards.
§ 297-300 Lot coverage.
§ 297-301 Road and sidewalk requirements in subdivided and unsubdivided developments.
§ 297-302 Access standards for arterial roads.
§ 297-303 Utility ownership and easement rights.
§ 297-304 Utilities to be consistent with internal and external development.
§ 297-305 Lighting requirements.
§ 297-306 Lighting standards.
§ 297-307 Sites for and screening of dumpsters.
§ 297-308 Public transit accommodations.
§ 297-309 through § 297-318. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XIX Signs
§ 297-319 General provisions.
§ 297-320 Signs requiring neither permit nor payment of a fee.
§ 297-321 Prohibited signs.
§ 297-322 Signs requiring permit but no fee.
§ 297-323 Computations.
§ 297-324 Standards for specific types of signs.
§ 297-325 Event signs.
§ 297-326 Maintenance of signs and permits.
§ 297-327 Nonconforming signs.
§ 297-328 Real estate signs.
§ 297-329 through § 297-334. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XX Parking Facilities
§ 297-335 Number of parking spaces required.
§ 297-336 Parking space dimensions.
§ 297-337 Required widths of aisles and driveways.
§ 297-338 General design requirements.
§ 297-339 Parking area surfaces.
§ 297-340 Joint use of required parking spaces.
§ 297-341 Satellite parking.
§ 297-342 Special provisions for lots with existing buildings.
§ 297-343 Loading and unloading areas.
§ 297-344 Parking facilities for physically handicapped.
§ 297-345 through § 297-354. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXI Landscaping of Parking Facilities
§ 297-355 Intent.
§ 297-356 Sites affected.
§ 297-357 General design requirements.
§ 297-358 Perimeter landscaping.
§ 297-359 Interior landscaping.
§ 297-360 through § 297-369. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXII Screening and Trees
§ 297-370 Buffer yards.
§ 297-371 through § 297-381. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXIII Buffer Yard Requirements
§ 297-382 Buffer yard standards.
§ 297-383 Plant material.
§ 297-384 Structures.
§ 297-385 Illustrations of buffer yard and buffer yard structures.
§ 297-386 through § 297-396. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXIV Planning Commission
§ 297-397 Powers and duties.
§ 297-398 through § 297-408. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXV Board of Appeals
§ 297-409 Powers and duties.
§ 297-410 Filing fees.
§ 297-411 Notice of hearing.
§ 297-412 Public hearing required.
§ 297-413 Written decision.
§ 297-414 Revisory powers.
§ 297-415 Special exceptions.
§ 297-416 Variances.
§ 297-417 Appeals.
§ 297-418 Expansion or extension of nonconforming uses.
§ 297-419 Appeals to County Commissioners.
§ 297-420 through § 297-428. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXVI Zoning Officer
§ 297-429 Authority; powers and duties.
§ 297-430 Permits required.
§ 297-431 Applications for permits.
§ 297-432 Applications to be complete.
§ 297-433 Permit issuance.
§ 297-434 Permit violations.
§ 297-435 Inspection, supervision during installation.
§ 297-436 through § 297-446. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXVII Amendments
§ 297-447 Text amendments.
§ 297-448 Local map amendments.
§ 297-449 Procedure for amending provisions or conditions established in granting local map amendment.
§ 297-450 through § 297-460. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXVIII Nonconforming Uses
§ 297-461 Introduction.
§ 297-462 Determination of nonconforming situations.
§ 297-463 Developed nonconforming lots.
§ 297-464 Undeveloped nonconforming lots.
§ 297-465 Extension or enlargement of nonconforming situations.
§ 297-466 Repair; maintenance; reconstruction.
§ 297-467 Change in use of property where nonconforming situation exists.
§ 297-468 Abandonment and discontinuance of nonconforming situations.
§ 297-469 through § 297-479. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXIX Transition Provisions
§ 297-480 Approved or pending zoning permits, site plans or building permits.
§ 297-481 Approved or pending preliminary plats.
§ 297-482 Board of Appeals approvals.
§ 297-483 Zoning in effect prior to effective date of this chapter.
§ 297-484 through § 297-496. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXX Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreements
§ 297-497 Purpose.
§ 297-498 Authority.
§ 297-499 Applicability.
§ 297-500 Contents of development rights and responsibilities agreement.
§ 297-501 Referral to Planning Commission.
§ 297-502 Public hearing by County Commissioners.
§ 297-503 Amendment of agreements.
§ 297-504 Termination of agreements; suspension.
§ 297-505 Applicable laws, regulations and policies.
§ 297-506 through § 297-518. (Reserved)
Ch 297 Art XXXI Historic Preservation Commission
§ 297-519 Purpose.
§ 297-520 Statutory authority.
§ 297-521 Definitions of terms applicable to historic area zoning.
§ 297-522 Historic Preservation Commission.
§ 297-523 Powers and duties.
§ 297-524 Designation.
§ 297-525 Application for certificate of approval and Commission review.
§ 297-526 Delegation of certificate of approval to staff.
§ 297-527 Routine maintenance.
§ 297-528 Minimum maintenance.
§ 297-529 Maryland Historical Trust.
§ 297-530 Appeals.
§ 297-531 Severability.
§ 297-532 Transition provisions.
Ch 298 Forest Conservation
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

Chapter 297: Zoning Regulations

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Charles County 8-31-1992 by Ord. No. 92-62[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Trailers and trailer parks — See Ch. 130.

Zoning Map — See Ch. 145.

Planning Commission — See Ch. 200.

Agricultural Preservation Districts — See Ch. 215.

Building construction — See Ch. 224.

Farming — See Ch. 235.

Fees — See Ch. 236.

Flood damage control — See Ch. 238.

Impact fees — See Ch. 249.

Land use — See Ch. 252.

Mobile homes and mobile home courts — See Ch. 257.

Stormwater management — See Ch. 274.

Subdivision regulations — See Ch. 278.

Forest conservation — See Ch. 298.

Attachment 1 - Fig IV1 Table of Permissible Uses

Attachment 2 - Fig V1 to V2 Max Res Densities

Attachment 3 - Fig VI1 to VI7 Sch Zoning Regs

Attachment 4 - Fig VII1 to VII5A Planned Dev Zones

Attachment 5 - Fig X1 Road Corridor Buff Req

Attachment 6 - Fig XIV1 to XIV3 Req for Cluster Dev

Attachment 7 - Fig XIX1 Max Sign Size

Attachment 8 - Parking Occ Rate Table

Attachment 9 - Table Off-Street Parking

Attachment 10 - Bufferyards bet Adj Zones

Attachment 11 - App A Info Req Apps Master Plan

Attachment 12 - App B Specs Driveway Ent

Attachment 13 - App C Specs Street Design

Attachment 14 - App D Specs Parking Area Surf

Attachment 15 - App E Guide for Landscaping

Attachment 16 - App F End and Cert Major Sub Plats

Attachment 17 - App G Model Certif and Forms

Attachment 18 - App H Guide for Noise Levels

Attachment 19 - App I Sup Design Criteria

Attachment 20 - App J Road Inventory Form

Attachment 21 - App K Plot Ag Sign Prog

Attachment 22 - App L Buffer Mod Areas

Attachment 23 - App M Shore Erosion Protect Meas

Attachment 24 - App N Above Mean High Water

Attachment 25 - App O Management Guidelines

Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 295, Zoning, adopted 3-30-1992 by Res. No. 92-25.

Chapter 297 : Zoning Regulations

Article I Introduction

§ 297-1 Purpose.

§ 297-2 Statutory authority.

§ 297-3 Applicability.

§ 297-4 Violations and penalties.

§ 297-5 Zoning Map.

§ 297-6 Compliance required.

§ 297-7 Severability.

§ 297-8 Conflicting regulations.

§ 297-9 Rules of construction.

§ 297-10 through § 297-20. (Reserved)

Article II General Provisions

§ 297-21 Interpretation of zone boundaries.

§ 297-22 Lots divided by zoning boundary lines.

§ 297-23 Amendments to the Official Zoning Map.

§ 297-24 Computation of time.

§ 297-25 General lot requirements.

§ 297-26 General yard requirements.

§ 297-27 Exceptions and modifications to minimum height requirements.

§ 297-28 Visibility at intersecting roads.

§ 297-29 Accessory uses and structures.

§ 297-30 Temporary uses.

§ 297-31 Smoke standards.

§ 297-32 Noise.

§ 297-33 Air pollution standards.

§ 297-34 Disposal of liquid wastes.

§ 297-35 Electrical disturbance or interference.

§ 297-36 Hazardous materials storage near railroad tracks.

§ 297-37 Change in use.

§ 297-38 Transportation element of Comprehensive Plan.

§ 297-39 Expiration of home occupation and cottage industry permits.

§ 297-40 Scenic and/or historic roads.

§ 297-41 through § 297-48. (Reserved)

Article III Definitions and Interpretations

§ 297-49 Word usage; definitions.

§ 297-50 through § 297-60. (Reserved)

Article IV Permissible Uses

§ 297-61 Use of designations P, PC and SE in Table of Permissible Uses.

§ 297-62 Permissible uses and specific exclusions.

§ 297-63 Table of Permissible Uses.

§ 297-64 through § 297-74. (Reserved)

Article V Residential Density

§ 297-75 Residential density.

§ 297-76 through § 297-86. (Reserved)

Article VI Base Zone Regulations

§ 297-87 AC Agricultural Conservation Zone.

§ 297-88 Rural zones.

§ 297-89 Village zones.

§ 297-90 Development district residential zones.

§ 297-91 Commercial zones.

§ 297-92 Industrial zones.

§ 297-93 Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zone.

§ 297-94 Waterfront Planned Community (WPC) Zone.

§ 297-95 Core Mixed-Use Zones.

§ 297-96 Utility transmission lines.

§ 297-97 Activity center zones.

§ 297-98 through § 297-100. (Reserved)

Article VII Planned Development Zone Regulations

§ 297-101 Objectives.

§ 297-102 General regulations.

§ 297-103 Master plan.

§ 297-104 Approval.

§ 297-105 Planned Residential Development (PRD) Zone.

§ 297-106 Mixed Use (MX) Zone.

§ 297-107 Planned Employment and Industrial Park (PEP) Zone.

§ 297-108 Planned Manufactured Home Park (PMH) Zone.

§ 297-109 Design guidelines and requirements.

§ 297-110 Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Zone.

§ 297-111 through § 297-114. (Reserved)

Article VIII (Reserved)

§ 297-115 through § 297-125. (Reserved)

Article IX Critical Area Zone (Overlay Zone)

§ 297-126 Purpose; statutory authority.

§ 297-127 Applicability.

§ 297-128 Definitions of terms applicable to Critical Area Zone.

§ 297-129 Official Critical Area Zone Maps and zone designations.

§ 297-130 Lots of record in Critical Area Zone; grandfather provisions.

§ 297-131 Critical Area Buffer regulations.

§ 297-132 Development standards.

§ 297-133 Site plans.

§ 297-134 Growth allocation (GA).

§ 297-135 Critical Area violations.

§ 297-136 Critical area administrative variance.

§ 297-137 Habitat protection areas and plans.

§ 297-138 through § 297-145. (Reserved)

Article X Highway Corridor (Overlay Zone)

§ 297-146 Purposes.

§ 297-147 Establishment of zones.

§ 297-148 Affected development.

§ 297-149 Architectural standards.

§ 297-150 Access standards.

§ 297-151 Road buffer standards.

§ 297-152 Retention of natural buffers along road rights-of-way.

§ 297-153 Exemptions from buffer standards.

§ 297-154 Permitted activity in road buffer before and after development.

§ 297-155 through § 297-166. (Reserved)

Article XI Resource Protection Zone (RPZ) (Overlay Zone)

§ 297-167 Purpose.

§ 297-168 Scope.

§ 297-169 Application.

§ 297-170 Resource Protection Zone delineation.

§ 297-171 Minimum stream Buffer widths.

§ 297-172 Buffer adjustments for adjacent nontidal wetlands, one-hundred-year floodplains and steep slopes.

§ 297-173 Use restrictions.

§ 297-174 Permitted uses.

§ 297-175 Open space credit.

§ 297-176 Extension of RPZ.

§ 297-177 Adjustment of zone.

§ 297-178 Plans and plats information.

§ 297-179 Construction staking.

§ 297-180 Enforcement.

§ 297-181 Performance bond.

§ 297-182 RPZ variance provisions.

§ 297-183 through § 297-192. (Reserved)

Article XII Airport (Overlay Zone)

§ 297-193 through § 297-209. (Reserved)

Article XIII Minimum Standards for Special Exceptions and Uses Permitted With Conditions

§ 297-210 General provisions.

§ 297-211 Alphabetical listing.

§ 297-212 Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.

§ 297-213 through § 297-218. (Reserved)

Article XIV Cluster Development

§ 297-219 Purpose.

§ 297-220 General requirements.

§ 297-221 Residential dwelling types.

§ 297-222 Design requirements.

§ 297-223 Cluster open space.

§ 297-224 Review procedures for cluster developments.

§ 297-225 Required findings.

§ 297-226 (Reserved)

§ 297-227 Amendment of approved cluster developments.

§ 297-228 Cluster development requirement charts.

§ 297-229 through § 297-239. (Reserved)

Article XV Moderately Priced Dwellings

§ 297-240 Intent.

§ 297-241 Applicability.

§ 297-242 Requirements.

§ 297-243 Density bonus.

§ 297-244 through § 297-254. (Reserved)

Article XVI Adequate Public Facilities Requirements

§ 297-255 Purpose.

§ 297-256 Adequate public facilities required.

§ 297-257 Roads.

§ 297-258 Schools.

§ 297-259 Sewerage system.

§ 297-260 Water supply system.

§ 297-261 Fire suppression for rural areas.

§ 297-262 Stormwater management facilities.

§ 297-263 Adequate public facilities study.

§ 297-264 Mitigation.

§ 297-265 Bonding or surety.

§ 297-266 Standards, criteria and procedures for adequate public facilities studies.

§ 297-267 through § 297-276. (Reserved)

Article XVII Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) in Designated Agricultural Land Preservation Districts

§ 297-277 Introduction.

§ 297-278 Definitions.

§ 297-279 TDR sending areas; properties assigned transferable development rights.

§ 297-280 Ability to transfer development rights.

§ 297-281 Certificate of development options or rights.

§ 297-282 Instrument of transfer.

§ 297-283 Effect of transfer.

§ 297-284 TDR receiving area; use of transferable development rights.

§ 297-285 Approval of development using transferable development rights.

§ 297-286 Final approval of use.

§ 297-287 through § 297-296. (Reserved)

Article XVIII Site Design

§ 297-297 Purpose.

§ 297-298 General site design standards.

§ 297-299 Landscaping and tree planting standards.

§ 297-300 Lot coverage.

§ 297-301 Road and sidewalk requirements in subdivided and unsubdivided developments.

§ 297-302 Access standards for arterial roads.

§ 297-303 Utility ownership and easement rights.

§ 297-304 Utilities to be consistent with internal and external development.

§ 297-305 Lighting requirements.

§ 297-306 Lighting standards.

§ 297-307 Sites for and screening of dumpsters.

§ 297-308 Public transit accommodations.

§ 297-309 through § 297-318. (Reserved)

Article XIX Signs

§ 297-319 General provisions.

§ 297-320 Signs requiring neither permit nor payment of a fee.

§ 297-321 Prohibited signs.

§ 297-322 Signs requiring permit but no fee.

§ 297-323 Computations.

§ 297-324 Standards for specific types of signs.

§ 297-325 Event signs.

§ 297-326 Maintenance of signs and permits.

§ 297-327 Nonconforming signs.

§ 297-328 Real estate signs.

§ 297-329 through § 297-334. (Reserved)

Article XX Parking Facilities

§ 297-335 Number of parking spaces required.

§ 297-336 Parking space dimensions.

§ 297-337 Required widths of aisles and driveways.

§ 297-338 General design requirements.

§ 297-339 Parking area surfaces.

§ 297-340 Joint use of required parking spaces.

§ 297-341 Satellite parking.

§ 297-342 Special provisions for lots with existing buildings.

§ 297-343 Loading and unloading areas.

§ 297-344 Parking facilities for physically handicapped.

§ 297-345 through § 297-354. (Reserved)

Article XXI Landscaping of Parking Facilities

§ 297-355 Intent.

§ 297-356 Sites affected.

§ 297-357 General design requirements.

§ 297-358 Perimeter landscaping.

§ 297-359 Interior landscaping.

§ 297-360 through § 297-369. (Reserved)

Article XXII Screening and Trees

§ 297-370 Buffer yards.

§ 297-371 through § 297-381. (Reserved)

Article XXIII Buffer Yard Requirements

§ 297-382 Buffer yard standards.

§ 297-383 Plant material.

§ 297-384 Structures.

§ 297-385 Illustrations of buffer yard and buffer yard structures.

§ 297-386 through § 297-396. (Reserved)

Article XXIV Planning Commission

§ 297-397 Powers and duties.

§ 297-398 through § 297-408. (Reserved)

Article XXV Board of Appeals

§ 297-409 Powers and duties.

§ 297-410 Filing fees.

§ 297-411 Notice of hearing.

§ 297-412 Public hearing required.

§ 297-413 Written decision.

§ 297-414 Revisory powers.

§ 297-415 Special exceptions.

§ 297-416 Variances.

§ 297-417 Appeals.

§ 297-418 Expansion or extension of nonconforming uses.

§ 297-419 Appeals to County Commissioners.

§ 297-420 through § 297-428. (Reserved)

Article XXVI Zoning Officer

§ 297-429 Authority; powers and duties.

§ 297-430 Permits required.

§ 297-431 Applications for permits.

§ 297-432 Applications to be complete.

§ 297-433 Permit issuance.

§ 297-434 Permit violations.

§ 297-435 Inspection, supervision during installation.

§ 297-436 through § 297-446. (Reserved)

Article XXVII Amendments

§ 297-447 Text amendments.

§ 297-448 Local map amendments.

§ 297-449 Procedure for amending provisions or conditions established in granting local map amendment.

§ 297-450 through § 297-460. (Reserved)

Article XXVIII Nonconforming Uses

§ 297-461 Introduction.

§ 297-462 Determination of nonconforming situations.

§ 297-463 Developed nonconforming lots.

§ 297-464 Undeveloped nonconforming lots.

§ 297-465 Extension or enlargement of nonconforming situations.

§ 297-466 Repair; maintenance; reconstruction.

§ 297-467 Change in use of property where nonconforming situation exists.

§ 297-468 Abandonment and discontinuance of nonconforming situations.

§ 297-469 through § 297-479. (Reserved)

Article XXIX Transition Provisions

§ 297-480 Approved or pending zoning permits, site plans or building permits.

§ 297-481 Approved or pending preliminary plats.

§ 297-482 Board of Appeals approvals.

§ 297-483 Zoning in effect prior to effective date of this chapter.

§ 297-484 through § 297-496. (Reserved)

Article XXX Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreements

§ 297-497 Purpose.

§ 297-498 Authority.

§ 297-499 Applicability.

§ 297-500 Contents of development rights and responsibilities agreement.

§ 297-501 Referral to Planning Commission.

§ 297-502 Public hearing by County Commissioners.

§ 297-503 Amendment of agreements.

§ 297-504 Termination of agreements; suspension.

§ 297-505 Applicable laws, regulations and policies.

§ 297-506 through § 297-518. (Reserved)

Article XXXI Historic Preservation Commission

§ 297-519 Purpose.

§ 297-520 Statutory authority.

§ 297-521 Definitions of terms applicable to historic area zoning.

§ 297-522 Historic Preservation Commission.

§ 297-523 Powers and duties.

§ 297-524 Designation.

§ 297-525 Application for certificate of approval and Commission review.

§ 297-526 Delegation of certificate of approval to staff.

§ 297-527 Routine maintenance.

§ 297-528 Minimum maintenance.

§ 297-529 Maryland Historical Trust.

§ 297-530 Appeals.

§ 297-531 Severability.

§ 297-532 Transition provisions.