Delaware Code § 29-9203

Local land use planning actions subject to review process
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(a) All projects meeting any 1 of the following criteria shall undergo a pre-application meeting and review process as set forth in this
chapter:

(1) Major residential subdivisions with internal road networks and more than 50 units, excluding previously recorded residential
subdivisions of any size which have not been sunsetted.
(2) Any nonresidential subdivision involving structures or buildings with a total floor area exceeding 50,000 square feet, excluding
any previously approved and recorded nonresidential subdivision regardless of floor area size, or any site plan review involving
structures or buildings with a total floor area exceeding 50,000 square feet, excluding any previously approved and recorded
nonresidential site plan review regardless of floor area size. Notwithstanding this paragraph (a)(2), economic development projects
are exempt from the pre-application meeting and review process, unless required by a local jurisdiction, through a memorandum of
understanding between a local jurisdiction and the Office of State Planning Coordination or by ordinance.
(3) Rezonings, conditional uses, site plan reviews and/or subdivisions, within environmentally sensitive areas, as identified within
any local jurisdiction's comprehensive plan as certified under § 9103 of this title.
(4) Annexations inconsistent with the local jurisdiction's comprehensive plan as certified under § 9103 of this title.
(5) Applications for rezoning if not in compliance with the local jurisdiction's comprehensive plan as certified under § 9103 of
this title.
(6) Any other project which is required to be referred to the State for pre-application review by local jurisdiction regulations.
(7) Any local land use regulation, ordinance or requirement referred to the Office of State Planning Coordination by a local
jurisdiction for the purpose of providing the jurisdiction with advisory comments. The land use regulations, ordinances or requirements
that are to be referred to the Office of State Planning Coordination may be specified in a jurisdiction's Memorandum of Understanding.
(8) County and municipal comprehensive plans as required by Titles 9 and 22.
(b) Any applicant may voluntarily request to participate in the pre-application review process and shall make such requests in writing
to the Office of State Planning Coordination.

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