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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-203 Planning Commission.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-203" heading="Planning Commission.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Commission established.">There is a Planning Commission, as established in &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII"&gt;City Charter Article VII&lt;/cite&gt;, §§ &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII|§70"&gt;70&lt;/cite&gt; and &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII|§71"&gt;71&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Powers and duties.">In addition to the powers and duties specified in &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII|§72"&gt;City Charter Article VII, § 72&lt;/cite&gt;, the Planning Commission has the following powers and duties under this Code:<para num="(1)">to make recommendations on amendments to the zoning text and maps (Title 5, Subtitle 5);</para>
      <para num="(2)">to make recommendations on planned unit developments (Title 13);</para>
      <para num="(3)">to develop and revise from time to time a Design Manual (Title 4, Subtitle 4);</para>
      <para num="(4)">to develop and revise from time to time a Landscape Manual (Title 4, Subtitle 5);</para>
      <para num="(5)">unless specifically provided for otherwise, to hear appeals from the decisions of the Director of Planning on:<para num="(i)">site plan review (Title 4, Subtitle 2);</para>
        <para num="(ii)">environmentally sensitive areas review (Title 4, Subtitle 3);</para>
        <para num="(iii)">design review (Title 4, Subtitle 4); and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">landscape review (Title 4, Subtitle 5; Landscape Manual); and</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(6)">with the approval of the Board of Estimates, to set fees for filing and hearing appeals and for the various other functions required or authorized by this Code;</para>
      <para num="(7)">to conduct from time to time a comprehensive rezoning process in conformance with the Comprehensive Master Plan for the City of Baltimore, which includes the Land Use Map;</para>
      <para num="(8)">to review and propose updates to the Land Use Map, no less than quadrennially; and</para>
      <para num="(9)">to perform all other functions assigned to the Commission by this Code.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
