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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="25-301" title_number="25" title_name="Prince George's County Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Municipal Delegation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the district council may provide that the governing body of a municipal corporation may exercise the powers of the district council as specified in this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When exercising authority delegated under subsection (c) or (d) of this section, the governing body of a municipal corporation:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be subject to the substantive and procedural requirements and standards established by the district council; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not impose:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>with respect to general delegation under subsection (c) of this section, a different requirement or standard than the requirements or standards that would apply if the district council had not delegated its authority to the municipal corporation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>with respect to delegation in a revitalization overlay zone under subsection (d) of this section, a stricter requirement or standard than the requirements or standards that would apply if the district council had not delegated its authority to the municipal corporation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to land in a municipal corporation in the regional district.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The district council may delegate to the governing body of a municipal corporation the powers of the district council regarding:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>design standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>parking and loading standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>sign design standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>lot size variances and setback and similar requirements;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>landscaping requirements;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>certification, revocation, and revision of nonconforming uses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>minor changes to approved special exceptions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>vacation of municipal rights–of–way; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, all detailed site plans.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The authority to delegate with regard to detailed site plans does not apply to detailed site plans:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for a zone that requires detailed site plan approval by the district council;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>that are required as a condition of approval of a zoning map amendment or a preliminary plan of subdivision;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for which the approval of a conceptual site plan or a preliminary plan of cluster subdivision is required; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>that are required for designated parcels as a specific condition of a sectional map amendment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a revitalization overlay zone created by the district council.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For any portion of a revitalization overlay zone in a municipal corporation, the district council may delegate to the governing body of a municipal corporation the powers of the district council regarding:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>design standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>parking and loading standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>sign design standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>lot size variances and setback and similar requirements; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>landscaping requirements.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The delegation of powers under paragraph (2) of this subsection may not impede a development that meets the requirements the district council sets for the revitalization overlay zone.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For any portion of a revitalization overlay zone not within a municipal corporation, the district council may authorize the county planning board to approve:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>departures from parking and loading standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>departures from design standards; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any variance from the zoning laws.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
