42-48. Conditions to Approval of Petition

In approving a petition for the reclassification of property to a Conditional Zoning District, the Planning Board may recommend, and the Board of Commissioners may request that reasonable and appropriate conditions be attached to the approval of the petition. Conditions and site-specific standards shall be limited to those that address the conformance of the development and use of the site to County ordinances and any officially adopted Comprehensive Plan or other land use plan, that address the impacts reasonably expected to be generated by the development or use of the site. Any such conditions should relate to the impact of the proposed use on surrounding property, support facilities (such as parking areas and driveways), pedestrian and vehicular circulation systems, screening and buffering areas, timing of development, road and right-of-way improvements, water and sewer improvements, stormwater drainage, provision of open space, and other matters that the Commissioners may find appropriate or the applicant may propose. Such conditions to approval of the petition may include dedication to the County, State or other public entity, as appropriate, of any rights-of-way or easements for roads, water, sewer, or other public utilities necessary to serve the proposed development. The applicant shall have a reasonable opportunity to consider and respond to any such conditions prior to final action by the Board of Commissioners. Only those conditions mutually approved by the Board of Commissioners and the applicant may be incorporated into the petition through written consent.