§ 522.1. Duties of the department of planning; limitation of powers.

(a)

The department of planning shall have the responsibility and duty of planning for Baltimore County, including:

(1)

Preparing, at least every ten years, and revising, a master plan; monitoring the implementation of the master plan; and preparing at least every two years a report to the county executive and county council on the progress achieved toward implementation of the master plan.

(2)

Preparing, at least every six years, recommending to the county council, and administering, a zoning map.

(3)

Preparing and recommending to the county council rules and regulations governing the subdivision of land, and administering the subdivision rules and regulations as adopted.

(4)

Preparing and recommending to the county council zoning rules and regulations which, together with the zoning map, shall constitute a zoning code.

(5)

Administering the zoning code.

(b)

The master plan shall be adopted as provided by section 523 of this Charter. All other plans, zoning maps, and rules and regulations recommended for adoption, amendment or repeal by the department of planning, the planning board or the zoning commissioner shall, prior to taking effect as law, be approved by legislative act of the county council.

(Bill No. 83, 1978, § 2; approved by voters Nov. 7, 1978; effective Dec. 8, 1978; Bill No. 128, 1990, § 1; approved by voters Nov. 6, 1990; effective Dec. 7, 1990; Bill No. 13-18 , § 1; approved by the voters Nov. 6, 2018; effective Dec. 6, 2018)

Editor's note

The publisher corrected a former reference to "offices" to read "office" in subsection (b). Bill 83-78, which originally enacted § 522.1, used the word "office". The annual cumulative supplements to the 1978 Code used the word "office" from 1979 to 1985. The change was made inadvertently in the 1986 cumulative supplement.
Bill No. 13-18 , § 1; approved by the voters Nov. 6, 2018; effective Dec. 6, 2018, changed the title of § 522.1 from "Duties of office of planning and zoning; limitation of powers" to read as herein set out.