This chapter shall be known and cited as the "City of Havre
de Grace's Subdivision Regulations." The subdivision regulations shall
include the text, graphics and regulations, and any amendments thereto.
The purpose of the subdivision regulations is to establish procedures
and standards for the development and subdivision of land within the
City of Havre de Grace, hereinafter referred to as the "City." It
is further designed to provide for the orderly growth, development
and redevelopment of the City for the coordination of streets and
highways within proposed subdivisions with existing or planned streets
and highways and with other public facilities, for the dedication
or reservation of recreation and other public use areas serving residents
of the immediate neighborhood within the subdivision and rights-of-way
or easements for street and utility purposes; and for the distribution
of population and traffic in a manner that will avoid congestion and
overcrowding and will create conditions compatible with protection
of the public health, safety and the general welfare, water quality
and areas of significant/special natural features. These regulations
are designed to facilitate adequate provisions for potable water delivery
and firefighting capabilities, wastewater collection and conveyance,
roadways, pedestrian circulation, public recreation facilities (where
applicable) and stormwater management facilities. It shall also provide
for the developer's proportionate share, upon demonstrated need, for
improvements to the supply and conveyance of potable water, for the
pumping and treatment of wastewater, and for improvements to off-site
roadways and intersections to provide adequate levels of service as
established by the City of Havre de Grace.
A.
These regulations govern all areas within the municipal limits of
Havre de Grace. It shall be unlawful to subdivide any parcel unless
the subdivision is in compliance with the terms of this chapter or
is expressly exempted herefrom.
B.
The Planning Commission shall have control over subdivisions as provided
in the subdivision control provisions of the Land Use Article of the
Annotated Code of Maryland. The jurisdiction of the Commission over
plats shall be exclusive within the territory under its jurisdiction.
All subdivisions shall be approved by the Commission.
Unless otherwise stated herein, definitions shall be per § 205-13 (Definitions) of the City Code, as amended.
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or
more lots, parcels, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of sale or of building development.
