Title
Title 22 - Adequate Public Facilities - City Code Update - For the purpose of updating Title 22 of the City Code regarding Adequate Public Facility certification of development and redevelopment; and generally related to Title 22.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 5-23
Introduced by: Mayor Buckley
Co-sponsored by: Alds. Arnett, Pindell Charles, Finlayson
Referred to
Planning Commission
Housing and Human Welfare Committee
Rules and City Government Committee
Environmental Matters Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title 22 - Adequate Public Facilities - City Code Update
FOR the purpose of updating Title 22 of the City Code regarding Adequate Public Facility certification of development and redevelopment; and generally related to Title 22.
BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2023 Edition
Title 22
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
Chapter 22.02 PURPOSE
Section:
22.02.010 Purpose.
A. The purposes of testing for and certification of Adequate Public Facilities are to:
1. Assure that development and redevelopment occurs in concert with the Capital Improvement Program and will enable the City to provide adequate public facilities in a timely manner and achieve the growth objectives of the Comprehensive Plan as defined in Title 21.
2. Assure that proposed development protects the public health and safety, promotes the general welfare of the community, and conserves the environment.
3. Assure that proposed development fits harmoniously into the fabric of the community.
4. Encourage new development to occur in areas of the City where public facilities are being provided.
B. Adequacy standards should be achievable within a six-year timeframe and the annual Capital Improvement Program should be based on a community facilities plan that insures that existing d...
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