Title
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PRIVATE LIMOUSINE SERVICE DISPATCHING STATIONS IN THE I-3 ZONE for the purpose of clarifying the requirements set forth in the Zoning Ordinance for Private Limousine Service Dispatching Stations, a permitted use, in the I-3 (Planned Industrial − Employment Park) Zone, under certain specific circumstances.
Background
On September 22, 2015, the County Council presented legislation ("CB-087-2015") to create a new use, "Private Limousine Dispatching Stations," in the local zoning laws, and to permit the use by right in the I-3 (Planned Industrial - Employment Park) Zones of the County. After referral, review, and analysis by the Council's Planning Zoning and Economic Development ("PZED") standing committee, the PZED committee voted unanimously on October 13, 2015, to report CB-087-2015 out with a favorable recommendation and to return the legislation to the Council floor for introduction and for a public hearing to be scheduled before the full Council. Thereafter, at its November 17, 2015, public meeting, the County Council conducted a duly advertised public hearing on CB-087-2015 in accordance with applicable law and all procedural requirements. After concluding its public hearing, the Council voted unanimously 9-0 to enact CB-087-2015 and to permit, by right, Private Limousine Dispatching Stations in the I-3 Zone, where the use is located on property with a certain minimum acreage.
The following year, the County Council presented additional legislation ("CB-022-2016") to restate and clarify its intention, via enactment of CB-087-2015, to permit qualifying Private Limousine Dispatching Station uses that have been in existence since November 1, 2015, on land within the I-3 Zone and not be subject to any conceptual or detailed site plan requirements within Part 7 of the Zoning Ordinance. After referral, review, and analysis by the PZED committee, the committee voted unanimously on May 18, 2016, to report CB-022-2016 out with a favorable recommendation and to return the legislation to the Council floor for introduction and subsequent public hearing before the full Council. Thereafter, the County Council conducted a duly advertised public hearing on CB-022-2016 in accordance with applicable law and its procedural requirements. After concluding its public hearing, the Council voted unanimously 9-0 to enact CB-022-2016, to refine the text of its previous enactment to restate that Private Limousine Dispatching Stations are permitted by right in the I-3 Zone and not subject to any regulations for the zone within Part 7 of the Zoning Ordinance, provided that the property has a certain minimum acreage and was existing as of a certain date.
This companion legislation codifing the provisions within CR-24-2017 adopted by the Council on April 11, 2017.