<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-101" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>Unless the context requires otherwise, in this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Applicant” means a person or governmental unit that applies for a development permit.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Coordinator” means the State Permit Coordinator.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Development permit” means a permit for a development project.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Development project” means a proposed construction or development for which more than 1 permit is required.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Governmental unit” includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the State;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a unit of a political subdivision of the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Local government” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a county;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a municipal corporation in the State; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a unit of a county or municipal corporation in the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>“Permit” means a certificate, license, or other document of approval or permission required to be obtained from a local government or a State unit.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Permit” does not include:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an action on a comprehensive zoning application;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an action on an application for a zoning map amendment, zoning special exception, zoning variance, or conditional zoning use; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an occupational license or operating permit.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>“State unit” means a unit of the State government.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, “State unit” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a unit in a principal department of the Executive Branch of the State government; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the governing body of a single county or multicounty district or authority.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“State unit” does not include:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Board of Review of a principal department;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the governing body of a local government; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a unit that a local government creates.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-102" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>The General Assembly finds that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the varying and time consuming procedures in obtaining necessary development permits from local governments and State units placed onerous burdens on persons or governmental units undertaking development projects;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the former methods for permitting public comment on development projects were cumbersome and time consuming, placed undue hardship on members of the public, and inhibited the public’s ability to present its views to local governments and State units granting development permits; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>it is desirable to ensure prompt, reasonable, and decisive action on development permits and to provide for a consolidation of the fact-finding processes involved in issuing development permits to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>eliminate unnecessary delay, unreasonable expense, and duplication of effort in obtaining necessary development permits, in order to foster development projects that are in the economic, social, and environmental interest of the citizens of the State; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>remove impediments to the effective expression of public comment on these development projects, in order to safeguard against the approval of development projects that are not in the economic, social, and environmental interest of the citizens of the State.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The purposes of this title are to coordinate and to expedite administrative decision making by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>consolidating application procedures to help those persons or governmental units that must obtain development permits from 1 or more local governments and State units;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>consolidating hearings to help local governments and State units in obtaining all relevant information as to applications on which they must act; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>requiring action on all applications for development permits within a reasonable time, whether or not subject to consolidated procedures.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-103" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>This title applies only to a development project and only through the completion of a final action under § 11–520 of this title.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This title does not apply to an application for a renewal, amendment, or extension of a development permit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>This title applies to the procedures of the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission for a subdivision or site review to the same extent that this title applies to the procedures of any local government.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this title does not affect any exclusive jurisdiction granted by law to a local government or State unit to act on an application for a particular type of development permit, and a local government or State unit that has power to grant development permits may exercise the power free from interference by another unit.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The coordinator may inquire as to any application for a development permit and may set a time limit for action to issue or deny a development permit, if the application has not been acted on within the prescribed time.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The procedures set forth in this title are exclusive and shall prevail over any inconsistent law or order.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>This title does not affect the authority of a local government or State unit to set and to collect an application, permit, or other fee, and the fee shall be paid in accordance with the law and procedures relating to that fee.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>This title does not affect the authority of the Department of Planning under Title 5 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>This title does not apply to the construction of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an electric generating station; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an overhead transmission line designed to carry more than 69,000 volts.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-104" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>A provision of this title that conflicts with a federal requirement for the grant of federal funds to a local government, to the State, or to a State unit is inoperative to the extent of the conflict and with respect to a unit that the conflict directly affects.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>To the extent necessary to comply with a conflicting federal requirement, a local government or State unit may modify a notice, timing, hearing, or related procedural requirement of this title.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>To the extent necessary to comply with a federal requirement, if a development permit is issued jointly by a State unit and the federal government, the State unit may modify a notice, timing, hearing, or related procedural requirement of this title.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-105" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="1"> <text>The Board of Public Works may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>adopt regulations to carry out this title; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>appoint hearing examiners to perform the duties set forth in this title.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-301" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="3"> <text>There is a State Permit Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Board of Public Works.</text> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-302" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="3"> <level label="a"> <text>The Coordinator shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>coordinate the administration of this title;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>perform the duties set forth in this title; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>carry out the purposes of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Coordinator shall keep copies of the regulations and application forms that relate to the issuance of development permits by each State unit.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>On request, the Coordinator shall give a person or governmental unit proposing a development project:</text> <level label="i"> <text>advice about each development permit that is required for the development project; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>relevant information about the procedures for obtaining the development permit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Advice that the Coordinator gives does not constitute a waiver of any requirement for a development permit or of any condition or procedure for the issuance of the development permit.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-401" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="4"> <level label="a"> <text>A local government that requires a development permit shall keep on file with the Coordinator and the Secretary of Housing and Community Development:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a current list of each type of development permit that the local government issues;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a description of the nature of each type of development permit;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the requirements and procedures for issuing each type of development permit; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a copy of the application form for each type of development permit and the related instructions.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a local government requires a new type of development permit or changes a requirement or application form for an existing type of development permit, the local government shall submit the information required by subsection (a) of this section as to that type of development permit within 30 days after the effective date of the new requirement or change.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-402" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="4"> <level label="a"> <text>If feasible and with the cooperation of each State unit that has authority to issue a development permit, the Coordinator shall develop a State master application form and appropriate appendices for use in applying for multiple development permits.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The State master application form and its appendices may be used instead of individual application forms.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-403" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="4"> <text>The State master application form shall provide:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the basic information about a development project that is common to and needed by all or most of the State units that issue development permits; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>space in which to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>list each State unit from which a development permit is requested; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>describe each development permit.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-404" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="4"> <level label="a"> <text>Each State unit that has authority to issue a development permit shall help the Coordinator to develop an appendix to the State master application form designed to supplement the information on the form and provide the particular information that the State unit needs to issue its development permit.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The form of the appendices shall be as similar as possible.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-501" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Consolidated hearing” means a hearing before State units from which development permits are required.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Joint hearing” means a hearing before the local government and State units from which development permits are required.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-502" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <text>This subtitle may not be construed to require a hearing or to require a State unit to participate in a hearing on an application for a development permit before the State unit if the law governing the development permit involved does not require a hearing.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A State unit that does not hold a hearing on an application for a development permit shall proceed in accordance with the law and procedures applicable to the issuance of development permits by that State unit, except that the State unit shall act on the application within 60 days after receiving the completed application.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-505" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <text>An applicant who requires a development permit from a local government and a development permit from a State unit may request a joint hearing before the local government and the State unit from which the development permits are required.</text> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-506" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>A request for a joint hearing shall be submitted to the local government when the application for the local development permit is submitted.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The request to the local government for a joint hearing shall be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in writing; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>accompanied by a copy of the application for each State development permit that is required.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>At the time the request is made to the local government, the applicant shall send to the Coordinator:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a copy of the request for a joint hearing;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a copy of the application for each local and State development permit that is required for the relevant development project; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a copy of any appendix to any application for a development permit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Coordinator shall send copies of the relevant parts of these documents to each State unit from which a development permit is requested.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-507" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <text>The local government may approve or disapprove the request for a joint hearing with respect to any or all of the State units.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Within 20 days after receiving a request for a joint hearing, the local government shall give written notice of its decision to the applicant and the Coordinator.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Coordinator shall notify each State unit that the decision of the local government affects.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If the local government disapproves the request with respect to all of the State units, the local government shall proceed separately to consider the application for the local development permit.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-508" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <text>If the local government approves the request for a joint hearing with respect to a State unit, that State unit has 10 days after receipt of the notice from the Coordinator to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>decide whether to participate in a joint hearing; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>give notice of its decision to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the local government; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the Coordinator.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Coordinator shall give any other State unit involved in the hearing notice of a decision made by a State unit under subsection (a) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If there is only 1 State unit affected and the local government elects to have a joint hearing, the State unit shall participate in the joint hearing, unless it is entitled to an extension as provided in § 11-521 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-509" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <text>If a joint hearing is to be held, the local government that approved the request for the joint hearing shall set the time, date, and place of the hearing, as provided in this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The joint hearing shall be held in the county where the local government is located.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The joint hearing shall be held no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days after the notices required under § 11-508(a)(2) of this subtitle have been given.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-512" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <text>An applicant may request a consolidated hearing:</text> <level label="1"> <text>if the applicant requires at least 2 development permits from State units; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the applicant does not require a local development permit;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>all required local development permits have been issued; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a required local development permit cannot be issued until 1 or more State development permits have been issued.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-513" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <text>An applicant who requests a consolidated hearing may give the Coordinator all appropriate applications and appendices.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Coordinator shall send copies of the relevant parts of these documents to each State unit from which a development permit is required.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The request for a consolidated hearing shall be accompanied by a certificate that the requirements of § 11-512 of this subtitle are satisfied.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If an application for a State development permit has been submitted in connection with a request for a joint hearing, the application need not be resubmitted. However, if the State unit did not participate in the joint hearing, the applicant shall give the Coordinator notice of the action taken by the local government and shall submit the amendments to the State master application or appendices or additional material that are relevant to the consideration of the request for the State development permit. The Coordinator shall send copies of the relevant parts of the amendments, appendices, or additional material to each State unit that is affected.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-514" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <text>On receipt of the State master application and appropriate appendices, or the information filed in accordance with § 11-513(d) of this subtitle, and after consulting with the affected State units, the Coordinator shall set the time, date, and place of a consolidated hearing with respect to all of the State development permits requested.</text> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-515" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to this section and § 11-521 of this subtitle, the consolidated hearing shall be held no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days after the day on which the Coordinator receives the completed application and appendices or information.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the consolidated hearing shall be held at a convenient location in the county where the development project is to be located.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the development project is to be located in more than 1 county, the consolidated hearing shall be held in the county where the greatest part of the area to be developed is located.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If the development project is to be located in only 1 county but affects another county, the consolidated hearing shall be held in the county that the Coordinator determines will receive the greatest impact from the development project.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The Coordinator may hold additional hearings in another county or may continue the original hearing in another county.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-518" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>On receiving notice of the time, date, and place of a joint hearing or consolidated hearing, the applicant shall give public notice of the application and hearing.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The notice shall be published once in each of 2 successive weeks before the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the development project is to be located.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Coordinator shall publish notice of the application and hearing in the Maryland Register.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Each notice under this section shall contain:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a description of the development project, including its location, the land area involved, and the nature of the development project;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a list of the local and State units that will participate in the hearing and their post office addresses and telephone numbers;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a description of each development permit requested;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the time, date, and place of the hearing; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>if the hearing is a joint hearing with a local government or involves a unit of the federal government, any other information that the local government or federal unit requires.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>In addition to the notices required by this section, if the law governing the issuance of a development permit requires that a person or governmental unit provide notice of an application or a hearing to a particular person or unit, that person or governmental unit shall do so in the manner required by that law.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-519" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Each State unit participating in a joint hearing or consolidated hearing shall be represented at the hearing by the official who issues the development permit or that official’s designee.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The representative of a State unit at a joint hearing or consolidated hearing may participate fully in the hearing with respect to information, views, and supporting material relevant to the issuance of the development permit by the State unit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>An individual designated by the local government shall preside over a joint hearing.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Coordinator, or a hearing examiner designated by the Coordinator, shall preside over a consolidated hearing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>At a joint hearing or consolidated hearing, the applicant may submit relevant information and material in support of an application for a development permit that is on the agenda for the hearing.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>At a joint hearing or consolidated hearing, any person or governmental unit shall be given the opportunity to present relevant facts, evidence, or arguments for or against the granting of a development permit that is on the agenda for the hearing.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-520" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>A local government shall act on each application for a development permit to be issued by the local government in accordance with the law and procedures applicable to the granting of the development permit.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the local government has participated in a joint hearing, it shall give prompt notice of its action to the Coordinator, who shall send the notice to each State unit that participated in the joint hearing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Each State unit that has participated in a joint hearing shall act promptly on each application for a development permit to be issued by the State unit within 60 days after the day on which the State unit receives notice that the local government has acted on the application for the local development permit.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the local government has denied the local development permit, the State unit may deny its development permit for that reason. However, the State unit may reconsider the application for a development permit if the local development permit is later granted.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A State unit that has participated in a joint hearing shall give the Coordinator and the local government notice of the action by the State unit on each application for a development permit.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Each State unit that has participated in a consolidated hearing shall act on each application for a development permit to be issued by the State unit within 60 days after the day on which the consolidated hearing concludes.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>Each State unit that does not hold a hearing shall act on an application for a development permit within 60 days after receiving the completed application for the development permit.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Unless a State unit obtains an extension under § 11-521 of this subtitle, failure of the State unit to act within the time set by this section and by § 11-515 of this subtitle constitutes automatic approval of the application for a development permit as submitted to the State unit, and the State unit immediately shall issue the development permit.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-521" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <text>A State unit is entitled to an extension of the time specified in § 11-515 of this subtitle, if the State unit:</text> <level label="1"> <text>determines, in writing, that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the application and appendices are lacking in specific required information; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>technical information, tests, or studies are needed for consideration of the application;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>states the specific information, tests, and studies needed;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>states the time required for their completion, if the information, tests, or studies are not required to be submitted by or for the applicant; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>delivers the written determination to the Coordinator and to the applicant at least 10 days before the scheduled hearing date.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A State unit is entitled to an extension of the time specified in § 11-520 of this subtitle, if the State unit:</text> <level label="1"> <text>determines, in writing, that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the application and appendices are lacking in specific required information;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>technical information, tests, or studies are needed for consideration of the application; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>new information requiring further evaluation has been obtained from the public hearing;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>states the specific information, tests, and studies needed;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>states the time required for their completion, if the information, tests, or studies are not required to be submitted by or for the applicant; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>delivers the written determination to the Coordinator and to the applicant at least 10 days before the expiration of the time specified in § 11-520 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to § 11-522 of this subtitle, on timely delivery of the written determination, the time limit shall be extended until 30 days after the information required from the applicant is received or 30 days after the time specified in the determination for the completion of the other information, tests, and studies not required from the applicant, as the case may be.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If new information is obtained from a public hearing, the Coordinator and the State unit involved shall jointly agree to a reasonable extension of time before the unit must act on the development permit.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-522" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>An applicant for a development permit may appeal the determination of a State unit under § 11-521 of this subtitle on the grounds that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the specific information, test, or study is unnecessary; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the time stated by the State unit for completion is unreasonable.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The appeal shall be made:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to the board of review of the State unit; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if the State unit does not have a board of review or its board of review does not have jurisdiction to review the development permit, to the Board of Public Works.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The appeal must be taken within 30 days after the applicant receives the determination.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The board of review or the Board of Public Works:</text> <level label="i"> <text>shall consider the appeal promptly;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>may affirm, modify, or reverse the determination of the State unit; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>may set a new hearing date with respect to the application.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The applicant has the burden to show that the determination of the State unit was improper.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The State unit shall continue its evaluation of the development project, including tests and studies, through the appeal procedure.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="11-523" title_number="11" title_name="Consolidated Procedures for Development Permits" subtitle_number="5"> <text>Administrative and judicial review of the final action of a local government or State unit on an application for a development permit shall be in accordance with the law and procedures governing the issuance of development permits by the local government or State unit.</text> </section>