The CZMP takes place every four years on a schedule specified in the County Code. Any citizen or organization may request a zoning change on any property in the County. The permitted use for a property is determined by its zoning classification. Changing the zoning classification on a property may change the permitted uses and the intensity of those uses. The potential for land use changes makes it important to be an active participant in the 2008 CZMP.
The 2008 CZMP covers a period of approximately 12 months and concludes with the County Council making the final decisions on all the rezoning requests. A descriptive narrative of the 2008 CZMP indicating the key decision makers and the relevant milestones can be accessed at the 2008 CZMP timeline. A graphic timeline (PDF) is also available.
One of the key decision makers in the 2008 CZMP is the Planning Board. Before the Planning Board makes its recommendations to the County Council, the Planning Board conducts a hearing in each councilmanic district. At the Planning Board’s hearings, the Planning Board will hear testimony on the rezoning requests for the specific councilmanic district. For the dates, times, and locations of the hearings, please see 2008 CZMP Planning Board hearings. Following the Planning Board’s Hearings, the Planning Board will deliberate their recommendations at their CZMP work sessions. For the dates, times and locations of the Planning Board’s CZMP work session, please see 2008 CZMP Planning Board Work Sessions. Once the Planning Board has forwarded their 2008 CZMP recommendations to the County Council, the County Council will conduct their own hearings on the 2008 CZMP requests. The County Council has scheduled their 2008 CZMP hearings, please see 2008 CZMP County Council hearings.
Rezoning requests made during the 2008 CZMP are given an Issue Number. The Issue Number is the unique identifier that will allow you to track the progress of the Issue as it moves through the relevant milestones. The Log of Issues is a compilation of all the rezoning requests made during the 2008 CZMP in summary format reflecting the decision at key points. It also will be updated at the end of the 2008 CZMP to reflect the County Council’s final decision. Zoning on all properties which were not included in a rezoning request during the 2008 CZMP is re-enacted without a change. You can access the Log of Issues and Issue Maps from prior CZMP processes and the most current Log of Issues at 2008 CZMP Log of Issues.
The Office of Planning has a Community Planner assigned to each County Council district. You can determine the appropriate Community Planner by viewing the Planners by District map. The Community Planner is most knowledgeable about his or her Council District and is the usual point of contact concerning the 2008 CZMP and rezoning requests filed through the 2008 CZMP.
The first step of filing for a rezoning request must be filled out on-line. The final review and the filing fee must be paid in person at the Office of Planning in order for the rezoning request to be given an Issue Number and be considered complete. There is a filing fee associated with each zoning request. See the appropriate link for more information on the Fee Schedule and Fee Determination Guidelines.
The petitioner is also responsible for assuring that a sign(s) is/are posted on the property that is within the Map Issue, that is subject to the rezoning request. This public notice is required by Section 32-3-215 of the Baltimore County Code. It must occur a minimum of 15 days prior to the Planning Board Public Hearing for each respective Councilmanic district. For detailed sign posting procedures, please review 2008 Sign Posting procedures. For a list of approved sign posters, please review 2008 Baltimore County Approved Sign Posters (PDF).
Rezoning request made by the Office of Planning, the Planning Board and the County Council are considered publicly filed issues. Publicly filed issues may have an impact on properties that have filed a concept plan, a development plan or a limited exemption plan. For further information on this topic, please review the information on publicly filed issues.
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Revised March 26, 2008
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