[Added 8-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1[1]]
[Added 8-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]
A.
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) shall review all major and
minor site plans. The TAC provides a vehicle for agencies to coordinate
comments on plan applications, to jointly review plans, and to resolve
issues of conflict or common concern. The TAC reviews plans for compliance
with applicable local, state and federal requirements.
B.
The Planning Commission shall hold a public meeting on major site
plan applications.
C.
The Planning Director shall prepare a report to the Planning Commission
which addresses the following:
D.
The Planning Commission shall review the application and the Planning
Director's report at a public meeting and approve, disapprove, or
approve the plan subject to conditions. The Planning Commission may
defer action to a subsequent Planning Commission meeting to allow
further review. The Planning Director shall notify the applicant in
writing of the Planning Commission's action.
Site plans, when required according to the provisions
of this chapter, shall provide the following information:
A.
The size and arrangement of all buildings, including
the proposed density of any residential units.
B.
An open-space plan showing the location, dimensions,
arrangements and proposed use of all open spaces, yards and bufferyards,
including specification of all plant materials to be utilized in providing
the bufferyards and landscaping required by this chapter.
C.
The location, height and composition material of all
walls, fences or other structures to be utilized in providing the
bufferyards required by this chapter.
D.
The location and dimension of all existing and proposed
vehicular roads, drives, entrances, exits, traffic circulation patterns
and acceleration and deceleration lanes.
E.
The location and dimension of all existing and proposed
pedestrian entrances, exits, sidewalks and walkways.
F.
The location, size, arrangement and capacity of all
areas to be used for off-street parking and off-street loading.
G.
Provisions for the treatment and disposal of sewage
and industrial wastes, water supply, drainage, grading and sediment
control.
H.
The location, size, height, composition material,
illumination and orientation of all signs.
I.
Location and design for outdoor lighting facilities.
J.
For commercial or industrial uses, the site plan will
also designate the following:
(1)
The specific uses proposed.
(2)
The number of employees for which buildings are designed.
(3)
The type of power to be used for any manufacturing
process.
(4)
The type of wastes or by-products to be produced by
any process and the proposed method of disposal of such wastes or
by-products.
(5)
Such other information as may be required to determine
the impact of a particular use on the neighborhood and the environment,
including, but not limited, to wetlands, streams, stream buffers and
identified threatened and/or endangered species habitat that may be
affected by construction or development.
K.
Any other information deemed necessary by the Zoning
Administrator or County Planner to determine the compliance of the
proposed development with the terms of this chapter.
L.
In addition to any site plan submission requirements
contained in this chapter, proposed development in the critical area
zoning districts shall require the submission, review and approval
of site plans, management plans and mitigation plans in accordance
with "Critical Area Program for Caroline County."
If the property is scheduled for phased development,
the proposed layout of the total projected development shall be indicated,
and each phase's projected scope and time period shall be indicated
to the extent possible.
Site plans shall be prepared and submitted over
the certification of a registered professional engineer, architect,
landscape architect or land surveyor, as appropriate.
[Amended 8-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]
A.
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, all site plans shall
be submitted to the Planning Director. If all applicable provisions
of this chapter are complied with, the Planning Director shall approve
and sign the site plan.
B.
For a major site plan, after the Planning Director notifies the applicant
that the plan is in compliance with Planning Commission conditions
of approval, the applicant shall submit a final site plan to the Department
of Planning and Codes.
C.
After receiving all required materials, the Planning Director shall
provide the applicant with a notice of approval of the site plan.
D.
No zoning certificate and/or building permit shall be issued until
the required site plan is approved. The notice of approval for the
site plan shall accompany all building permit applications for the
site. Any person dissatisfied with the approval or disapproval of
a minor site plan may appeal to the Planning Commission. Any person
dissatisfied with the approval or disapproval of a major site plan
may appeal to the Circuit Court for Caroline County, Maryland.
[Added 8-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1[1]]
A.
Approval of a site plan shall expire one year after the date of such
approval unless building permits and/or zoning certificates have been
obtained for construction.
B.
A single, one-year extension of the approval may be granted by the
Planning Director, with the recommendation of appropriate agencies
or the Planning Commission, as determined by the Planning Director.
The applicant must submit a written request for an extension at least
30 days prior to the expiration of the site plan. The Planning Director
shall issue a decision on the request for an extension within 30 days
of receiving the request.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also renumbered former
§ 175-125 as § 125-128.
When a special use exception is required in
addition to a site plan, a preliminary site plan shall be submitted
to the Board of Zoning Appeals. The final site plan shall incorporate
any additional conditions and safeguards specified by the Board of
Zoning Appeals.
