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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-204 Director of Planning.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-204" heading="Director of Planning.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Position established.">There is a Director of Planning, as appointed under &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII|§73"&gt;City Charter Article VII, § 73&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"&gt;City Charter Article VII&lt;/cite&gt;, §§ &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII|§74"&gt;74&lt;/cite&gt; through &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII|§80"&gt;80&lt;/cite&gt;, the Director of Planning has the following powers and duties under this Code:<para num="(1)">to perform the following reviews:<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; Design Manual); and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">landscape review (Title 4, Subtitle 5; Landscape Manual);</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">to review and grant administrative exceptions for design review (§ 4-409);</para>
      <para num="(3)">from time to time, to initiate a study of this Code, the Design Manual, and the Landscape Manual and report his or her recommendations to:<para num="(i)">the City Council;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the Housing Commissioner;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the Health Commissioner;</para>
        <para num="(v)">the Planning Commission; and</para>
        <para num="(vi)">any others deemed appropriate; and</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)">with the approval of the Board of Estimates, to set fees for site-plan, sensitive-area, design, and landscape reviews and for the various other functions required or authorized by this Code; and</para>
      <para num="(5)">to perform all other functions assigned to the Director by this Code.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-171</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
