Sections 17-3-201(b) and 17-4-201(b) of the Anne Arundel County Code authorizes the Office of Planning and Zoning to maintain a sketch plan checklist and a preliminary plan checklist that provide information required "to clearly identify areas on the site that are suitable for development." Part of this suitability analysis necessarily must consider natural resources on the site. Thus, the sketch and preliminary plan checklists and submittal requirements included in this notice have been updated in an effort to ensure that natural resources are adequately mapped on each site at the onset of the development review process.
All sketch and preliminary plan applications, submitted on or after April 3, 2020, must be in conformance with the updated checklists. Any submissions brought to the Permit Center with missing or incomplete packages may be rejected or set aside until all necessary information has been provided. The submission date will not be established until the date that all necessary information has been supplied to the Permit Center.