§ 32-4-402.1. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT - COMPATIBILITY.

(a)

Recommendations by Director of Planning. The Director of Planning shall make compatibility recommendations to the Hearing Officer for a Planned Unit Development, which, in whole or in part, is:

(1)

Located in a Baltimore County Commercial Revitalization District;

(2)

Identified within a Transect Overlay of T-6 in the Master Plan (Map 5);

(3)

A Brownfields site as defined in § 5-301 of the Economic Development Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland;

(4)

An approved transit oriented development opportunity site; or

(5)

Identified within a Transect Overlay of T-5 in the Master Plan (Map 5), located in an area identified in the Master Plan as a Community Enhancement Area (Map 6), and adjacent to an interstate highway.

(b)

Compatibility objectives. The development of a Planned Unit Development listed in subsection (a) shall be designed to substantially comply with the following compatibility objectives so that the development:

(1)

Is in a location that is significant due to its visibility, accessibility or siting;

(2)

Has or will provide adequate public infrastructure;

(3)

Provides compact development;

(4)

Provides sustainable design;

(5)

Encourages new investment or reinvestment opportunities;

(6)

Fosters development or redevelopment of well-located but under-utilized or obsolete properties;

(7)

Provides economic benefits;

(8)

Demonstrates that its buildings, parking structures, landscaping, open space patterns, signage and other architectural treatments are spatially and visually integrated within the development and incorporate appropriate elements of urban design;

(9)

Connects proposed streets with the existing neighborhood road network, if practicable, and locates proposed sidewalks to support the functional patterns of the neighborhood;

(10)

Integrates locally significant features of the site such as distinctive buildings or vistas into the site design; and

(11)

Supports a uniform architectural theme in its exterior signs, site lighting and accessory structures.

(Bill No. 38-12, § 1, 6-6-2012)

Editor's note:
  Section 2 of Bill No. 38-12 provides that this Act, having been passed by the affirmative vote of five members of the County Council, shall take effect on June 6, 2012 and shall apply to any Planned Unit Development for which a hearing before the Administrative Law judge commences after the effective date of this Act.