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§180-114 Petition for change; public hearing; posting of
§180-115 Referral of changes to Planning and Zoning
§180-116 Factors to be considered by Mayor and
§180-117 General duties of Planning and Zoning
§180-118 Vote required to effect amendment
§180-119 Reconsideration of defeated proposals
§180-120 Scale drawing to accompany applications for
§180-121 Filing fee for map change applications

§180-114 Petition for change; public hearing; posting of

property; annexations.
These regulations, restrictions and provisions and the boundaries of the districts may from
time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed by the Mayor and
Council. Any person or officer, department, board, commission or bureau of the Town may
petition for such change or amendment; however, no such change or amendment shall
become effective until after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest
and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least 15 days' notice of the time and
place of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town,
and if the proposed amendment involves a change in a zoning district boundary line, the
property involved shall be posted for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the hearing.
Where an official annexation by the Town is involved, the requirements of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (Article 23 inclusive) shall govern and be applicable, as shall applicable
provisions of the Carroll County Zoning Ordinance relating to official annexations by any
municipality of Carroll County.

§180-115 Referral of changes to Planning and Zoning

Commission.
The Mayor and Council shall refer all proposed changes and amendments to these
regulations or proposed changes in a zoning district to the Planning and Zoning
Commission for report and recommendations.

§180-116 Factors to be considered by Mayor and

Council.
Before acting upon proposed changes and amendments to these regulations or changes in
the zoning district boundary lines, the Mayor and Council shail consider the following:
A. The purpose of these regulations, as outlined in Article I.
B. The report and recommendation of the Commission.
C. Whether there have been any substantial changes in or near the area covered by a
proposed change in the district boundary lines.
D. Any new phases of the Master Plan for Sykesville developed since the adoption of
these regulations.
E. Whether it is clearly evident that there was an error or mistake in the zoning of the
subject property.
F. Whether there has been a convincing demonstration that the proposed rezoning would
have been fully as appropriate and logical for the subject property as was the zone in
which it was placed.

§180-117 General duties of Planning and Zoning

Commission.
The Commission shall study zoning, its development, application and relation to public and
private development and its relation to other phases of the Master Plan for the development
and may, from time to time, submit amendments to these regulations or changes in the
district boundaries to the Mayor and Council. However, no such amendment or change shall
become effective until approved by the Mayor and Council as required by this article.

§180-118 Vote required to effect amendment

Unless otherwise provided by Article 66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended,
no proposed amendment, supplement or change to this chapter shall be approved without
the favorable votes of members of the Council as required by the Town Charter.

§180-119 Reconsideration of defeated proposals

If a petition for a change in a zoning district boundary is disapproved by the Mayor and
Council, thereafter the Mayor and Council shall take no further action on another petition for
the same or substantially the same proposal on the same premises until after 12 months
from the date of the last disapproval.

§180-120 Scale drawing to accompany applications for

map changes.
Every application for a change in zoning of district boundaries shall be accompanied by a
scale drawing, showing the existing and proposed boundaries and such other information
as may be needed to properly locate and plat the amendment on the official Zoning Maps.

§180-121 Filing fee for map change applications

A filing fee shall be charged for processing an application for a change in zoning, as may be
determined by the Mayor and Council.