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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="7-105" title_number="7" title_name="Other Development Management Tools" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Development Mechanisms">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this section, this section applies only to a local jurisdiction with at least 150,000 residents.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before July 1 each year, each local jurisdiction subject to the requirements of this section shall report to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning the following information for each building or development permit application which includes a residential housing component as part of the development considered by the local jurisdiction during the immediately preceding calendar year:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the total number of complete applications received by type;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the total number of complete applications issued by type;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the total number of complete applications rejected by type;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the net total number of residential units approved;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the mean and median processing times for permit applications and the standard deviation from the mean;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the amount of time spent processing applications, including the time spent by agencies reviewing applications, by applicants making edits, and any public notice or comment time periods;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>any type of expedited permit application process that the local jurisdiction employed to accelerate residential housing development projects;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the total number of residential housing development projects that benefited from an expedited permit application process in the local jurisdiction and which type of expedited process was used; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>any other information the jurisdiction considers relevant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning January 1, 2027, and each quarter thereafter, each county subject to the requirements of this section shall report to the Department of Planning the following information for each building or development permit that includes a residential housing component as part of the development issued by the county during the immediately preceding quarter:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the permit number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the permit approval date;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the date on which the use and occupancy permit was issued;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the parcel tax identification number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the site address;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the housing type authorized under the permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the permit type;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>the total number of residential units authorized under the permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>a general description of the work authorized under the permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>the total cost of construction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>any other information the jurisdiction considers relevant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beginning January 1, 2027, and each quarter thereafter, each local municipality may report the information under paragraph (1) of this subsection to the Department of Planning for each building or development permit that includes a residential housing component as part of the development issued by the local municipality during the immediately preceding quarter.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before July 1, 2027, and as the information becomes available thereafter, the Department of Planning shall publish the information reported by local jurisdictions under subsection (c) of this section for the immediately preceding fiscal year:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on a public, interactive, and searchable website;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>by housing type, specifically labeled as single family, townhouses, apartments, duplexes, triplexes, or quadplexes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>by the total built and existing housing supply, organized by housing type, in each county in the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>by data source.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a local jurisdiction shall make the reports required under this section publicly available on its website.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An announcement posted to a local jurisdiction’s website stating that a person should contact the relevant local department for access to the reports does not fulfill the requirements of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A local jurisdiction that does not maintain a website shall make the reports publicly available through any other reasonable method.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To the extent practicable, a local jurisdiction may submit and transmit a report required under this section as part of another report required to be filed under this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>On or before December 31 each year, the Department of Planning shall submit a report on the building permit information collected under this section to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Department of Planning may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
