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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-506 Procedures on referral.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-506" heading="Procedures on referral.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Planning Commission.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Public hearing.">The Planning Commission must consider the referred bill in a public hearing.  Notice of the public hearing must be given in accordance with Title 5, Subtitle 6 {“Notices”} of this Code.  Except as provided in subsection (e)(2) of this section, the hearing must be concluded no more than 60 days from the Commission’s receipt of the referred bill.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Review standards.">The Planning Commission must evaluate the bill in accordance with the standards in &lt;cite data-path="|32|§5-508"&gt;§ 5-508 {“Approval standards”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Written recommendations – Required.">Within 15 days of the close of the public hearing, the Planning Commission must:<para num="(i)">issue its written report and recommendations; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">forward its report and recommendations, together with all agency reports and recommendations received, to the applicant and to the City Council’s Executive Secretary.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="Written recommendations – Options.">
        <para num="(i)">For a text amendment, the Planning Commission may recommend approval, amendment, or denial of the application.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">For a map amendment, the Planning Commission may recommend:<para num="(A)">approval or denial of the application;</para>
          <para num="(B)">an alternative zoning designation than that applied for; or</para>
          <para num="(C)">the removal or addition of properties from the application.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="BMZA.">Within 30 days of the bill’s introduction, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals must submit its written report and recommendation to the City Council, with a copy to the Zoning Administrator.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="DoT for possible traffic mitigation.">Within 15 business days of the bill’s introduction, City Council must refer the bill and all accompanying documents to the Director of Transportation for review and, if required, traffic mitigation, as provided in &lt;cite data-path="|32|§5-201|(d)"&gt;§ 5-201(d) {“Introduction: Traffic mitigation”} of this title&lt;/cite&gt;, if:<para num="(1)">traffic-mitigation requirements have not already been complied with in accordance with this Code or the &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes"&gt;City Building, Fire, and Related Codes Article&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the proposed legislative authorization:<para num="(i)">is for property in a Traffic-Mitigation Zone designated in &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|II"&gt;Building Code&lt;/cite&gt; &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|II|3805"&gt;§ 3805&lt;/cite&gt; {“Traffic-Mitigation Zones”} and involves 10 or more dwelling units;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">involves 15,000 sq. ft. or more of gross floor area; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">involves 50 or more dwelling units.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Other agencies.">Within 30 days of the bill’s introduction, any other agencies to which the bill might have been referred must submit their written reports and recommendations to the City Council, with a copy to the Zoning Administrator.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Agency failure to report.">
      <para num="(1)">If an agency fails to submit its written report and recommendations within the period specified by this section, the City Council may proceed without that report and recommendations.</para>
      <para num="(2)">However, the applicant may waive this time limit and consent to an extension of the reporting period by giving written notice of the waiver and consent to the President of the City Council, with copies to the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals, the Planning Commission, and the Zoning Administrator.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
