§ 32-3-512. PETITIONS WITH DOCUMENTED SITE PLAN.

(a)

General requirements. If a zoning reclassification petition includes documentation relating to the proposed use of the property under petition, that documentation must include:

(1)

Elevation drawings and a plan:

(i)

Satisfying the Zoning Commissioner's rules of practice and procedure; and

(ii)

Showing locations, coverage, floor areas, heights, character, and exterior materials of all proposed structures and all existing structures to be retained;

(2)

All existing structures to be removed;

(3)

Signs visible outdoors;

(4)

All principal uses;

(5)

Hours of operation, maximum number of employees, and maximum levels of emanations including sound and other vibrations, dust, odors, gases, light, and heat;

(6)

Parking and loading facilities;

(7)

Existing and proposed public and quasi-public facilities on and adjacent to the site, including storm-drain systems, waterlines, sewerage, streets and drives, and railroad sidings;

(8)

Existing ponds and other bodies of water, watercourses, riverine floodplains, major vegetation, and unusual natural formations and proposed changes with respect to any of these features;

(9)

Screening and landscaping;

(10)

Existing topography and proposed major changes in grade; and

(11)

An environmental impact statement, as defined in the Baltimore County Zoning Regulations, that:

(i)

Concerns the proposed use of the property; and

(ii)

Has been competently prepared by a professional planner or engineer of appropriate qualifications.

(b)

Exceptions.

(1)

In this subsection, "building envelope" means a clearly delimited area within which a building is to be entirely located, but which is larger than the area covered by the building itself.

(2)

A plan submitted under this section may:

(i)

Show the location of a precise building envelope in lieu of the precise location of a building;

(ii)

Show precise maxima and minima in lieu of fixed values;

(iii)

Set forth lists of precisely described possible uses of a given space, in lieu of specifying a single use; and

(iv)

Otherwise reasonably allow for flexibility or alternatives, provided that appropriate precise limits are set forth.

(1988 Code, § 2-356) (Bill No. 103-02, § 2, 7-1-2004)