(a) Administrative order. At any time, including during an enforcement action, the Planning Director may issue an administrative order requiring the violator to take one or more of the following actions within a certain time period specified by the Planning Director:
(1) stop the violation;
(2) stabilize the site to comply with a reforestation plan;
(3) stop all work at the site;
(4) restore or reforest unlawfully cleared areas;
(5) submit a restoration plan or forest conservation plan for the property;
(6) place forested or reforested land under long-term protection by a conservation easement, deed restriction, covenant, or other appropriate legal instrument; or
(7) submit a written report or plan concerning the violation.
(b) Effectiveness of order. An order issued under this Section is effective according to its terms, when it is served. (1992 L.M.C., ch. 4, § 1; 2001 L.M.C., ch 19, § 1; 2010 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 1; 2021 L.M.C., ch. 1, § 1.)
Editor’s note—2010 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 2, states in part: Applicability. (b) Any amendment to County Code Chapter 22A made by Section 1 of this Act applies to any enforcement action that begins after this Act takes effect even if the alleged violation on which the enforcement action is based was committed before this Act took effect.
2001 L.M.C., ch. 19, § 2, reads as follows:
Transition. Any amendment to Chapter 22A, inserted by Section 1 of this Act, does not apply to:
(a) a preliminary or final forest conservation plan approved before this Act took effect [November 5, 2001], or
(b) a county highway project individually listed in the County Capital Improvements Program and submitted to the Planning Board under mandatory referral review before this Act took effect [November 5, 2001].