59-C-18.174. Planning Board approval.

   (a)   The Board must find that all retail uses proposed in new or renovated buildings must be directly accessible from a sidewalk, plaza, or other public space before approving a site plan for the neighborhood retail preservation overlay zone.

   (b)   The procedures for Planning Board approval under Section 59-D-3.4 are modified for this overlay zone to require the following findings:

      (1)   the site plan does not conflict with the recommendations in the applicable master or sector plan;

      (2)   the site plan meets all of the requirements of this overlay zone as well as the applicable requirements of the underlying zone; and

      (3)   each structure and used is compatible with surrounding structures and uses and other site plans for both existing and proposed adjacent development.

(Legislative History:  Ord. No. 13-87, § 1.)

   Editor’s note—Section 18.17 is cited and quoted in Purich v. Draper Properties, Inc., 395 Md. 694, 912 A.2d 598 (2006).