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AN ORDINANCE concerning Transit District Overlay Zone For the purpose of requiring the Planning Board to conduct a public hearing on proposed Transit District Overlay Zoning Map Amendments within a certain time period and providing for a limited extension subject to approval by the District Council.
BY repealing and reenacting with amendments:
Section 27-213.02,
The Zoning Ordinance of Prince George's County, Maryland,
being also
SUBTITLE 27. ZONING.
The Prince George's County Code
(2011 Edition).
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED by the County Council of Prince George's County, Maryland, sitting as the District Council for that part of the Maryland-Washington Regional District in Prince George's County, Maryland, that Section 27-213.02 of the Zoning Ordinance of Prince George's County, Maryland, being also Subtitle 27 of the Prince George's County Code, be and the same is hereby repealed and reenacted with the following amendments:
SUBTITLE 27. ZONING.
PART 3. ADMINISTRATION.
DIVISION 2. ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.
Subdivision 5. Transit District Overlay Zone.
Sec. 27-213.02. General Procedures.
(a) The Planning Board may initiate a Transit District Overlay Zoning Map Amendment only with the concurrence (by resolution) of the District Council.
(b) After the Map Amendment is initiated by the Planning Board, the Technical Staff shall immediately proceed to prepare a proposed Map Amendment. The proposal shall contain the following:
(1) The proposed boundaries of the Transit District Overlay Zone, shown on the Zoning Map;
(2) A Transit District Development Plan prepared in accordance with Part 10A, Division 1, Subdivision 1;
(3) Any proposed changes in underlying zoning categories, along with written justification for the changes.
(c) During the preparation of the proposed Transit District Overlay Zoning Map Amendment, the Technical Staff shall contact all owners of land, and any municipality lying (wholly or in part) within the anticipated boundaries of th...
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