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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="22-214" title_number="22" title_name="Zoning" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Designation and Adoption">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In approving any zoning map amendment, the district council may consider and adopt any reasonable requirements, safeguards, and conditions that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may be necessary to protect surrounding properties from adverse effects that might accrue from the zoning map amendment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>would further enhance the coordinated, harmonious, and systematic development of the regional district.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A statement of any condition provided under subsection (a) of this section shall be included in the resolution granting the amendment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The conditions shall remain in effect for so long as the property remains zoned in accordance with the resolution and the applicable zoning classification requested.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A building permit, use permit, or subdivision plat may not be issued or approved for the property except in accordance with conditions set forth in the resolution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant has 90 days from the date of approval to accept or reject the land use classification conditionally approved.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the applicant expressly rejects the amendment as conditionally approved within the 90–day period, the zoning classification shall revert to its prior status.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the district council may not impose any requirement, safeguard, or condition that would require the dedication of land for public use except for roads and easements.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The district council may adopt local laws necessary to provide adequate notice, public hearings, and enforcement procedures for the implementation of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If any resolution, or any part or condition of any resolution, passed by the district council in accordance with this section is declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the zoning category applicable to the property rezoned by the resolution shall revert to the category applicable before the passage of the resolution; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the resolution shall be null and void and of no effect.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
