(a) Definitions. For purposes of this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated.
(1) "Community enhancement" means a contribution or feature that exceeds the requirements of the County Code and is provided by a developer, in whole or in part, to improve the community's aesthetic character or quality of life and may include pocket parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, bicycle or pedestrian trail improvements, bus shelter or other transit improvements, public meeting space, or public art, or contributions to capital improvements to a public park or community facility that serves the surrounding community.
(2) "Redevelopment" means rehabilitation of an existing structure or new construction on a lot or lots when one or more of the lots:
(i) is zoned R10, R15, R22, TC, Commercial, or Industrial, or is located, in whole or in part, within a transit-oriented overlay development policy area identified in the General Development Plan;
(ii) has or had preexisting structures, uses, or paved parking; and
(iii) has primary vehicular access from an arterial road or from a local or higher classification road that directly accesses an arterial road.
(b) Purposes. The purposes of the Glen Burnie Sustainable Community Overlay Area are to:
(1) facilitate redevelopment of improved properties that are underutilized, obsolete, or deteriorated;
(2) allow flexibility of design, building types, and densities to integrate the redevelopment into the surrounding community;
(3) provide a wide range of redevelopment alternatives;
(4) allow creative uses or mixes of uses;
(5) achieve quality land use proposals through flexible and timely development approvals;
(6) address pedestrian connections and circulation;
(7) encourage community enhancements;
(8) encourage high-quality site and building design; and
(9) encourage the assemblage of lots when appropriate.
(Bill No. 64-20; Bill No. 94-21)