The purpose of this chapter is to assure that
construction within the City of Taneytown is designed and developed
in order to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare
of the citizens by regulating the development of land in order to
further the appropriate use of land; to protect land title; to implement
the Taneytown and Environs Comprehensive Plan; to secure safety from
fire and other dangers; to facilitate adequate and coordinated provision
for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, playgrounds,
and other public requirements; to minimize the adverse impacts on
adjacent properties; to preserve natural features such as stands of
trees, streams, and other significant environmental features; and,
in general, to facilitate the orderly, coordinated, efficient and
economic development of the City of Taneytown.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Physical facilities and systems, and components thereof,
which involve the construction and erection of poles, towers, communication
lines and their supporting structures, and are used for or related
to a nonresidential purpose.
[Added 12-11-2017 by Ord. No.
15-2017]
Sufficient resources exist to safely serve existing and proposed
development, specifically for:
Carroll County Public Schools: up to 110% of
capacity.
Roads: minimum service rating of A or B (C for
roads not maintained by the City).
Sewers: meet minimum conveyance and treatment
capacity requirements of Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)
and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permits based on review
by the City Engineer.
Water: meet minimum source quantity, quality,
storage and transmission requirements as established by the City Engineer
and City Hydrogeologist.
Stormwater facilities: meet minimum conveyance,
treatment and attenuation requirements of City stormwater management
standards for stormwater that will be conveyed through and from the
property as well as upstream contributory areas.
A major street for carrying a large volume of through traffic
in the area, normally controlled by traffic signs and/or signals.
The portion of a lot on which a principal building could
be erected in compliance with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.[1]
The City of Taneytown, Maryland.
A street designed to carry moderate volumes of traffic from
local streets to arterial streets or from arterial to arterial.
The Code of Maryland Regulations.
The City of Taneytown Planning and Zoning Commission.
The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Taneytown and Environs
as adopted by the Mayor and City Council of Taneytown and modified
from time to time.
The Council of the City of Taneytown.
Carroll County, Maryland.
A local public street with only one outlet that terminates
in a vehicular turnaround and having an appropriate turnaround for
the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, company, or
agent thereof that undertakes or participates in the activities covered
by these regulations, specifically, the development of a subdivision.
An agreement made pursuant to Chapter 178 of the City Code of the City of Taneytown as authorized by § 13.01 of Article 66B of the Maryland Annotated Code.
[Added 1-12-2009 by Ord. No. 13-2008]
The space specifically designated and reserved on the site
for the movement of vehicles from a lot to a public street.
A grant by the property owner of an interest in land for
use by the public, a corporation, or person(s) for specified purposes.
Streams, stream buffers, one-hundred-year floodplains, habitats
of threatened and endangered species, steep slopes, carbonate rock
areas, reservoir watersheds, Use III waters, wellhead buffers and
wetlands, all as defined herein.
Approval of the final plat by the Commission, as evidenced
by certification on the plat by the Mayor and Chairman of the Commission;
constitutes authorization to record a plat.
A lot with the appearance of a "frying pan" or "flag and
staff” where access to a public road is created and maintained
through the "handle" as the point of ingress and egress to the street
or road.
The side of a lot adjacent or parallel to a public road.
The line parallel to the front lot line fronting on the public
road behind which building may occur on the lot.
An area which, because of its physical, topographical or
biological features, provides important elements for the maintenance,
expansion and long-term survival of threatened and endangered species
listed in COMAR, as amended or modified from time to time. This area
may include breeding, feeding, nesting, resting, and migratory or
over-wintering areas. Physical or biological features include, but
are not limited to, structure and composition of the vegetation, faunal
community soils, water chemistry and quality and geologic, hydrologic
and microclimatic factors.
Sufficient resources are not available to safely serve existing
and proposed development, specifically for:
Carroll County Public Schools: greater than
120% of capacity.
Roads: service rating of less than B (less than
C for roads not maintained by the City).
Sewers: demand exceeds minimum conveyance and
treatment capacity requirements of MDE and U.S. EPA permits based
on review by the City Engineer.
Water: demand exceeds minimum source quantity,
quality, storage and transmission requirements as established by the
City Engineer and City Hydrogeologist.
Stormwater facilities: insufficient facilities
to meet minimum conveyance, treatment and attenuation requirements
of City stormwater management standards for stormwater that will be
conveyed through and from the property as well as upstream contributory
areas.
A portion of a subdivision or parcel of land intended for
building development, whether immediate or future; a parcel of land
occupied or intended for occupancy by a use permitted in the Zoning
Ordinance.[2]
The property lines bounding the lot.
The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at
the front setback.
A subdivision of four or more lots, which is contiguous to
a planning road or street and which involves the construction of public
improvements.
A subdivision of no more than three lots, which is not contiguous
to or in the path of a planned road and does not involve the construction
of any public improvements.
The meaning given in the Carroll County Floodplain Management
Ordinance, as amended or modified from time to time.
Areas which drain into an existing or proposed water supply
reservoir.
A public way, which provides or is proposed to provide access
for pedestrian traffic to abutting properties.
A drawing of the site showing the lot, streets and such other
information required by these regulations:
Sketch site plan — A rough drawing
of a proposed site prepared to allow review and comment by the Commission.
Concept site plan — A master
drawing of a site prepared for the overall planning of a property
desired to be developed.
Preliminary site plan — A master
drawing of a site based on an approved concept plan prepared for the
overall planning of a property desired to be developed, and which
is in accordance with these regulations.
Final site plan — A master drawing
of a site based on an approved preliminary plan prepared for the overall
planning of the property, and which is in accordance with these regulations.
Final site plat — A drawing
of any portion of the site which is desired to be made an official
record in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and which
may be all or a portion of a preliminary site plan.
The State of Maryland.
Areas with slopes greater than twenty-five-percent grade.
Part of a watercourse, either naturally or artificially created,
that contains intermittent or perennial base flow of groundwater origin.
Ditches that convey surface runoff exclusively from storm events are
not included in this definition.
Areas which extend a minimum of 100 feet from the top of
each perennial stream bank along both sides of a stream.
A public way, which provides or is proposed to provide primary
access for vehicular traffic to abutting properties.
The division of any tract or parcel of land into two or more
lots or parcels for immediate or future sale, lease or building development.
Subdivision shall not mean:
Conveyance of property to a state, federal,
or local government or a public utility if for utility right-of-way
purposes.
Conveyance to an adjoining property owner if
the transfer is made with the following statement in the deed: "The
land conveyed herein is being transferred to an adjoining landowner
to enlarge the grantee's existing property and shall be considered
merged under the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Taneytown with
the existing property of the grantee." Such conveyance requires the
approval of the Commission and is permitted only where the land conveyed
is not intended for development. Any subsequent development of the
land shall be subject to all the requirements of the City Code.
The meaning given by COMAR, Title 26.08.02, as amended or
modified from time to time.
A passage, sidewalk, street or road.
Areas which extend a minimum of 100 feet around any existing
or proposed community water supply well or well site, unless modified
by the Commission, as may be designated on the adopted Water and Sewer
Master Plan or the City of Taneytown Comprehensive Plan, or identified
during the development process.
The meaning given for "nontidal wetland" in COMAR, Title
26.23.01.01 (62), as amended or modified from time to time.
Chapter 205 of the Code of the City of Taneytown.
From and after the effective date of these regulations,
any developer contemplating the activities herein contained in this
chapter shall cause a site plan to be made in accordance with the
provisions set forth in these regulations, and a copy of such site
plan shall be recorded in the office of the Circuit Court of Carroll
County after final approval by the Commission.
Fees for review of site plans may be established
and amended by resolution of the Council.
