Section 6-101 – Survey; Reservation Plat
After adopting the transportation element of a comprehensive plan, a planning commission periodically may: (1) conduct surveys to locate street lines and any other part of the transportation element; and (2) make a reservation plat of the area surveyed, showing the land that the planning commission recommends be reserved for future dedication or acquisition as public streets […]
Section 6-102 – Reservation for Future Acquisition
(a) On approval and adoption of a plat, streets located on the plat are reserved for future acquisition for public use. (b) The approval and adoption of a plat does not constitute the establishment of a street or acquisition of any land to create a street, public use, or public improvement.
Section 6-103 – Public Hearing
(a) Before adopting a plat, a planning commission shall hold a public hearing on the plat. (b) At least 10 days before the public hearing, the planning commission shall publish a notice of the time and place of the hearing, with a general description of the area covered by the plat, in a newspaper of general circulation […]
Section 6-104 – Legislative Body
(a) After the public hearing under § 6–103 of this subtitle, the planning commission may transmit the plat, as originally made or as amended by the planning commission, to the legislative body with the planning commission’s estimate of the schedule by which the local jurisdiction should acquire the reserved land. (b) After receiving the plat from the […]
Section 6-105 – Negotiation With Landowners
(a) A planning commission may negotiate for or secure from the owner of reserved land: (1) a release of claims for damages or compensation for the reservation of the land; or (2) an agreement indemnifying the local jurisdiction from claims by others for damages or compensation. (b) A negotiated release or agreement shall bind the landowner executing the release […]
Section 6-106 – Modification of Plat
(a) At any time after the filing of a plat with the clerk of the circuit court of the county and during the period specified for the reservation, a planning commission and the owner of reserved land may agree to modify the location of the lines of a proposed street. (b) An agreement to modify the location […]
Section 6-107 – Abandonment of Reservation
The legislative body, by resolution, may abandon a reservation and certify the abandonment to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the local jurisdiction is located.