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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 23-8 Administrative waiver.">
  <section prefix="§" num="23-8" heading="Administrative waiver.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">An administrative waiver is a decision by the Department to allow construction of a development project to be governed by the provisions of this Division II, as in effect on May 4, 2009.</para>
      <para num="(2)">An administrative waiver does not include quantitative or qualitative control waivers issued under § 23-1, § 23-2, or &lt;cite data-path="|7|§23-5"&gt;§ 23-5 of this Division II&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Preliminary project approval.">
      <para num="(1)">An administrative waiver may be granted by the Department to a development project that, on or before May 4, 2010, has received preliminary project approval as part of a preliminary or planning review process.</para>
      <para num="(2)">At a minimum, a preliminary project approval includes:<para num="(i)">the number of planned dwelling units or lots;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the proposed project density;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the proposed size and location of all land uses for the project;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">a plan that identifies:<para num="A.">the proposed drainage patterns;</para>
          <para num="B.">the location of all points of discharge from the site; and</para>
          <para num="C.">the type, location, and size of all stormwater management measures based on site-specific stormwater management requirement computations; and</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(v)">any other information that the Department requires.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">An approval granted under this subsection does not require approval of an erosion and sediment control plan as a condition for the approval.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Expiration.">Except as provided by subsection (d) of this section, an administrative waiver granted under subsection (b) of this section expires on:<para num="(1)">May 4, 2013, if the development project does not have final erosion and sediment control and final stormwater management approval on or before that date; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">May 4, 2017, if the development project receives final erosion and sediment control and final stormwater management approval on or before May 4, 2013.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Extension.">
      <para num="(1)">Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an administrative waiver may not be extended.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The Department may grant an extension for an administrative waiver only if, by May 4, 2010, a development project:<para num="(i)">has received a preliminary project approval as provided for in subsection (b) of this section; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">was subject to:<para num="A.">a development rights and responsibilities agreement;</para>
          <para num="B.">a tax increment financing approval; or</para>
          <para num="C.">an annexation agreement.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">When an agreement or approval identified in paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection expires, any administrative waiver that was extended will expire.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Completion of construction.">Construction authorized by an administrative waiver granted under this section must be completed, with an occupancy permit issued under the &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|II"&gt;Building Code&lt;/cite&gt; and a use permit issued under the Zoning Code, on or before either:<para num="(1)">May 4, 2017; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">the expiration date specified for any extension granted under subsection (d) of this section.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-277</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
