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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="23-204" title_number="23" title_name="Subdivision" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Plat Approval">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in Montgomery County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The subdivision regulations may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish a time period within which the county planning board shall approve or disapprove a preapplication or preliminary plan submission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide that an applicant may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>waive the time period within which the county planning board shall take action in accordance with item (1) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>consent to an extension of the time period.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A preapplication or preliminary plan submission that has not been approved or disapproved in accordance with this section is considered approved.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a preapplication or preliminary plan submission is considered to have been approved under this subsection, on demand, the county planning board shall issue a certificate of approval.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the county planning board disapproves a preapplication or preliminary plan submission, the county planning board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>state the grounds for disapproval in the records of the county planning board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>mail, postage prepaid, a copy of the record stating the grounds for disapproval to all parties of record at their last address.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
