Anne Arundel County                             2537

(b) The Preliminary Plat is not intended to be a record plat, but
shall be designed by a qualified technician trained and experienced in the
layout of subdivision and must be sealed by registered engineer or land
surveyor.

Section 13-112.1 PROCEDURE

(a)    After satisfactory completion of the Sketch Plat process, the
subdivider shall submit an application for preliminary approval to the
Office of Planning and Zoning on forms provided by that Office. The
application shall be accompanied by fourteen (14) SIXTEEN (16) copies
of the Preliminary Subdivision Plat.

(b)    The Preliminary Plat shall be submitted in conformity with the
provisions of Section 13-112.2 of these regulations THIS ORDINANCE
AT LEAST ten (10) working days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting
of the Committee. Where the developer owns twenty-five (25) acres or
more, he shall submit a Preliminary Plat on OF a minimum of twenty-
five (25) acres. The Preliminary Plat will be carefully studied as to its
practicality, the requirements of the community and the best use of the
property for the land being subdivided. Attention will be given to the
arrangement, location and width of streets, topography of the land, sewage
disposal, water supply, drainage, soil condition, erosion, future development
of adjoining lands, the General Development Plan, and the Zoning Ordi-
nance. Following this review and discussions with the subdivider, the Plan-
ning and Zoning Office shall, within forty-five (45) days of ACTIVE
PROCESSING TIME BY THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AFTER formal
application of the Preliminary Plat, act thereon as submitted or as modified
and shall communicate to the subdivider and all departments in writing
one of the following: approval as submitted; conditional approval which
states the conditions of such approval, if any; or disapproval and the
reasons therefor. Preliminary approval is binding on the county for a
period of one (1) year provided that provisions of these regulations are
not violated. If violated, it then becomes void WRITTEN NOTICE TO
THE DEVELOPER WILL BE GIVEN AND IF CORRECTION IS NOT
MADE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER NOTICE, THE PRE-
LIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL SHALL BE VOID. Preliminary approval
extensions for reasonable cause may be authorized by the Planning and
Zoning Officer upon request for all or part of the tract. Upon preliminary
approval, building permits may be authorized for sample homes. MINOR
CHANGES IN THE PRELIMINARY PLAT MAY BE PERMITTED BY
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING AS LONG AS THE
MINOR AMENDMENTS ARE IN KEEPING WITH THIS ORDINANCE
AND NOTICE OF THE MINOR AMENDMENTS SHALL BE SENT TO
ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

Section 13-112.2 REQUIRED INFORMATION

(a)    The Preliminary Subdivision shall be submitted by the sub-
divider on durable paper and shall be clear and legible. The scale shall be
1" = 100' or 1" = 200 40'. The size of sheets shall be twenty-four (24)
by thirty-six (36) inches, including a one and one-half (1½) inch margin
for binding along the left edge. When more than one sheet is required,
an index sheet of the same size shall be submitted showing entire sub-
division drawn to scale.

(b)    The Preliminary Subdivision Plat shall show or be accompanied
by the following information: