INDEX OF DOCUMENTS

• CODES
• Adopted Codes Effective May 13, 2008
• FEES
• Fee Changes Effective July 1, 2008
• Fee Changes Effective July 3, 2007
• Fee Changes Effective July 1, 2007
• Fee Changes Effective April 11, 2007
• Fee Changes Effective March 1, 2007 - TEMPORARY
• Fee Changes Effective December 12, 2006
• Fee Changes Effective July 1, 2006
• Fee Changes Effective March 1, 2006
• Fee Changes Effective July 1, 2005
• Fees Prior to July 1, 2005
• FORMS
• Benefit Performance
• Bond Information
• Credit Card Authorization Form
• Commercial Construction-Interior Alterations(No Change Of Use)
• Complaint Form
• Commercial New Construction
• Construction Debris Reclamation Facility Permit
• Electrical Business License
• Electrical License Exam
• Electrical License Renewal Package
• Electrical Permit
• Electrical Reciprocal License
• Fast Track Permits Residential Additions
• Green Building - Commercial
• Home Occupation
• Information Request Form
• Mechanical Permit
• Non-Conforming Use
• Residential Construction For Single Family Dwelling And Townhouse-Additions & Alterations (Decks, Fences, Sheds And Garages)
• Residential New Construction(Single Family Dwellings And Townhouses)
• Parking Requirement
• Permits To Construct In The Right-Of-Way
• Sign Permit
• Sign Variance
• Vendor License
• RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING & PLAN REVIEW
• Applications
• Design Guidelines
• Plan Review Checklists
• Standard Forms and Documents
• WATER RESOURCES
• Applications
• Plan Review Checklists
• Policies And Procedures
• Standard Details
• Standard Forms And Documents
• Standard Notes And Certifications
• Stormwater Management Facility Design Specifications
• Water Resources Technical Policy
• WELL & SEPTIC
• ZONING POLICIES AND INTERPRETATIONS
• OTHER LINKS

CODES

• Adopted Codes Effective May 13, 2008

  • Executive Regulation 28-07, Adoption of the 2006 IBC, IRC, IECC, IMC, IFGC

FEES

• Fee Changes Effective July 1, 2008

  • Executive Regulation 10-96, Certification of Agricultural Producers
  • Executive Regulation 11-08, Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Certifications - Method 2
  • Executive Regulation 12-08, Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Inspections - Method 3
  • Resolution No. 9-08, Overtime Offset Fees
  • Resolution No. 10-08, Permit Fees and Requirements Related to Construction Debris Reclamation Facility
  • Resolution No. 13-08, Non-Profit Organization Sign Permit and Sign Variance Fees
  • Resolution No. 16-551, Increasing Fees Collected by the Department of Permitting Services

• Fee Changes Effective July 3, 2007

  • Executive Regulation 17-07, Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Certifications - Method 2

• Fee Changes Effective July 1, 2007

  • Administration Fee for Special Exception Program
  • Annual Fee for Enforcement of Special Exceptions
  • Construction Debris Reclamation Facility
  • Executive Regulation 16-07, Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Inspections - Method 3
  • Increase in Fees for Equestrian Event Permit
  • Increase in Fees for Nonconforming Use Certification
  • Increase in Fees for Zoning Compliance Letters
  • Increase in Fees for the Administration and Enforcement of Registered Home Occupations
  • Increase in Fees for the Administration and Enforcement of Sign Permits and Licenses
  • Increase in Fees for the Waiving of Parking Standards

• Fee Changes Effective April 11, 2007

  • Executive Regulation, Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Inspections - Method 3

• Fee Changes Effective March 1, 2007 - TEMPORARY

  • Executive Regulation 30-06T, Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Certifications - Method 2 (Temporary)

• Fee Changes Effective December 12, 2006

  • Executive Regulation 19-06AM, Non-Profit Organization Sign Permit and Sign Variance Fees

• Fee Changes Effective July 1, 2006

  • Executive Regulation 10-06AM Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Certifications - Method 2
  • Executive Regulation 11-06 Permit Fees and Requirements Related to Construction Debris Reclamation Facility
  • Executive Regulation 12-06 Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Inspections - Method 3
  • Increase in Fees for Equestrian Event Permit
  • Increase in Fees for the Administration and Enforcement of Registered Home Occupations
  • Increase in Fees for the Waiving of Parking Standards
  • Increase in Fees for Zoning Compliance Letters
  • Increase in the Annual Fee for the Enforcement of Special Exceptions
  • Resolution 15-1459 Increase the Fee Schedule for the Administration and Enforcement of Sign Permits and Licenses and Add Fees for Signs Subject to MNHCPPC Site Plans
  • Resolution 15-1460 The establishment of a Fee for Nonconforming Use Certification Article 59-G-4

• Fee Changes Effective March 1, 2006

  • Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Certifications - Method 2 (Building, Electrical, Fire Code Plan Review, Vendor, Well Location) 26-05AM

• Fee Changes Effective July 1, 2005

  • Schedule of fees for Permits, Licenses and inspections - Method 3 (Right of Way, Sediment Control, Stormwater, Floodplain, Special Protection Areas, Benefit Performances, Individual Water-Supply and Sewage-Disposal)
  • Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Certifications - Method 2 (Building, Electrical, Fire Code Plan Review, Vendor, Well Location)
  • Permit Fees and Regulations Related to Construction Debris Reclamation Facility
  • Increase I the Annual Fee for Enforcement of Special Exceptions and Revision to Index Fees to Labor cost Increases Resolution No. 15-997
  • Increase in the Fee Schedule for the Administration and Enforcement of sign Permits and Licenses and revision to Index Fees to Labor cost Increases Resolution No. 15-1001
  • Increase in Fees for the Waiving of Parking Standards and Revision to Index Fees to Labor cost Increases Resolution No. 15-998
  • Increase in Fees for Zoning Compliance Letters and Revision to Index Fees to Labor Cost Increases Resolution No. 15-999
  • Increase in Fees for the Administration and Enforcement of Registered home Occupations and Revision to Index Fees to Labor Cost Increases Resolution No. 15-1000
  • Establishing a Fee for Equestrian Event Permit Resolution No. 15-1002

• Fees Prior to July 1, 2005

  • Increase in the Fee Schedule for the Administration and Enforcement of Sign Permits and Licenses
    
  • Increase in the Annual Fee for the Enforcement of Special Exceptions
    
  • The Establishment of a Fee for the Waiving of Parking Standards
    
  • The Establishment of a Fee for the Administration and Enforcement of Registered Home Occupations
    
  • The Establishment of a Fee for Zoning Compliance Letters
    
  • Executive Regulation 15-03AM, Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Inspections - METHOD 2 (effective July 9, 2003)
    
  • Fee Schedule Effective July 1, 2004 Supercedes (Executive Regulation No. 15-03AM, Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Certification
    
  • Executive Regulation 14-03, Schedule of Fees for Permits, Licenses and Inspections - METHOD 3 (effective July 1, 2003)
    

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FORMS

• Benefit Performance

  • Benefit Performance
    
  • Benefit Performance Fact Sheet
    
  • Application For Benefit Performance Permit
    
  
  

• Bond Information

  • Bond Information
    
  • Letter Of Credit
    
  • Performance Bond
    
  
  

• Credit Card Authorization Form

  • DPS Credit Card Authorization Form
    
  
  

• Commercial Construction-Interior Alterations(No Change Of Use)

  • Submittal Guidelines-Fast Track Criteria
    
  • Hints and Tips for Commercial Fast Track
    
  • Submittal Guidelines-Modular Furniture
    
  • Submittal Guidelines for Kiosk
    
  • Commercial Building Application
    
  
  

• Complaint Form

  • Complaint Form
    
  
  

• Commercial New Construction

  • Agency Contacts
    
  • Application For Permits To Construct In The Right Of Way
    
  • Commercial Building Application
    
  • Commercial Checklist
    
    • Commercial Canopies Checklist
      
    • Commercial Change of Use Checklist
      
    • Commercial Dumpster Enclosures Checklist
      
    • Commercial Retaining Walls Checklist
      
    • Commercial Satellite Dishes Checklist
      
    • Commercial Trailer - Modular Units-sheds Checklist
      
  • Commercial Energy Code
    
  • Commercial Submittal Guidelines for Non-fast Track Permits
    
  • Fire Protection System Application
    
  • Sediment Control Application
    
  • Use & Occupancy Application
    
  • Use & Occupancy Procedure & Requirement
    
  
  

• Construction Debris Reclamation Facility Permit

  • Construction Debris Reclamation Facility Permit Application
    
  
  

• Electrical Business License

  • Application for Sole Proprietorship Or Partnership Business License
    
  • Application For Electrical Contractor Business License
    
  • Electrical Contractor Business License Procedure
    
  • Electrical Insurance Information
    
  • Preventing Electrical Signature Fraud
    
  
  

• Electrical License Exam

  • Application For Electrical Exam
    
  • Application For Electrical Re-Exam
    
  • Apprentice License Procedure
    
  • Electrician License Procedure For Master & Limited Master
    
  • Homeowners Electrical Exam Affidavit
    
  • Homeowners Electrical Exam Procedure
    
  • Journeyman License Procedure
    
  
  

• Electrical License Renewal Package

  • Preventing Electrical Signature Fraud
    
  • Renewal Procedure For Electrical Contractor's Business License Master or Limited Master, Journeyman, and Apprentice
    
  • Renewal Application For Electrician License
    
  • Renewal Application for Electrical Contractor's Business License
    
  
  

• Electrical Permit

  • Application For Electrical Permit
    
  • Preventing Electrical Signature Fraud
    
  
  

• Electrical Reciprocal License

  • Procedure For Statewide Reciprocal License(Master and Ltd. Master)
    
  • Application For Statewide Reciprocal License
    
  • Procedure For Reciprocal License(Other Jurisdictions)
    
  • Application For A Reciprocal License Other Jurisdictions
    
  
  

• Fast Track Permits Residential Additions

  • Building Permit Notice
    
  • Home Improvement Submittal Guide
    
  • Residential Building Permit Application
    
  • Residential Energy Code (Short Version)
    
  • Site Plan Requirements for 1 Story Additions, Decks & Sheds
    
  • Site Plan Requirements for New Single-Family Dwellings, 2 Story & 2nd Story Additions
    
  
  

• Green Building - Commercial

  • Green Building Submittal Guidelines
    
  • Application for Commercial Green Building Registration
    
  • Notice: 2009 LEED v3
    
  • LEED for Core & Shell v2 Concept Plan Registration Checklist
    
  • LEED for New Construction v2.2 Concept Plan Registration Checklist
    
  • LEED for Schools 2007 Concept Plan Registration Checklist
    
  • LEED V3/2009 Checklist
    
  
  

• Home Occupation

  • Home Occupation Permit
    
  
  

• Information Request Form

  • Information Request Procedures and Fees
    
  • Request For Information Form
    
  • Request For Septic System Location
    
  
  

• Mechanical Permit

  • Application For Mechanical Permit
    
  • Liquid propane piping and storage
    
  • Mechanical Permit Procedures
    
  • Refrigeration piping, hydronic piping, fuel oil piping and storage
    
  
  

• Non-Conforming Use

  • Application for Non-Conforming Use
    
  
  

• Residential Construction For Single Family Dwelling And Townhouse-Additions & Alterations

  • Building Permit Notice
    
  • Plan Submittal Guidelines for Sunroom
    
  • Demolition Submittal Guidelines
    
  • Demolition in Your Residential Neighborhood - Information and Resources
    
  • Fence Submittal Guidelines
    
  • Fire Protection System
    
  • Home Improvement Submittal With Fees
    
  • Notice of Required Residential Building Inspections
    
  • Plan Submittal Guidelines for Additions/Alterations
    
  • Residential Building Application (Decks, Fences, Sheds And Garages)
    
  • Residential Code Notes
    
  • Residential Deck Construction Details
    
  • Residential Energy Code (Short Version)
    
  • Residential Special Inspection Report/Certification
    
  • Shed Guidelines
    
  • Solar Panel Requirements
  
  

• Residential New Construction(Single Family Dwellings And Townhouses)

  • Agency Contact List
    
  • Application For Permits To Construct In The Right Of Way
    
  • Building Permit Notice
    
  • Notice of Required Residential Building Inspections
    
  • Plan Submittal Guidelines for New Construction (Single Family Dwellings And Townhouses)
    
  • Residential Building Application
    
  • Residential Code Notes
    
  • Residential Energy Code (Short Version)
    
  • Right of Way Letter of Permission
    
  
  

• Parking Requirement

  • Accessible Parking Spaces
    
  
  

• Permits To Construct In The Right-Of-Way

  • Application For Work In Public Right Of Way Permit (Including Driveway)
    
  • Property Dedicated To Public Use
    
  
  

• Sign Permit

  • Non-Profit Organization Sign Permit Fee
    
  • Sign Permit Instructions
    
  • Sign Permit Application
    
  
  

• Sign Variance

  • Non-Profit Organization Sign Variance Fee
    
  • Sign Variance Process
    
  • Sign Variance Application Procedure
    
  • Application For Sign Variance
    
  
  

• Vendor License

  • Affidavit
    
  • License Procedure For Vendors
    
  • Door to Door Vendor
    
  • Regular Route Vendor
    
  • Site Specific Vendor
    
  • The Vendor Law
    
  • Application For Vendor
    
  • Application For Vendor Renewal
    
  
  

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RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING & PLAN REVIEW

• Applications

  • Application for Work In Public Right Of Way Permit (Including Driveway)
    
  • Application for Record Plat
    
  • Property Dedicated To Public Use Application (Engineer Plan)
    
  • Property Dedicated To Public Use Permit Checklist
    
  • Property Dedicated To Public Use Scope Of Work
    
  
  

• Design Guidelines

  • 2009 Specifications for Utility Construction Permit
    
  • Intersection Chokers
    
  • Median-Pedestrian Refuge Island
    
  • Mid-Block Chokers
    
  • Montgomery County Department of Transportation Design Standards
    
  • Outdoor Cafe Seating
    
  • Raised Crosswalk
    
  • Residential Traffic Circle
    
  • Sidewalk Offset For Bus Shelters Within Limited Width Rights-Of-Way
    
  • Speed Hump Flat Top Profile
    
  • Speed Hump Watts Profile
    
  • Temporary Asphalt Entrance
    
  
  

• Plan Review Checklists

  • Grade Establishment Checklist
    
  • Record Plat Review Checklist
    
  • Sight Distance Certification Form
    
  • Storm Drain Paving Checklist
    
  • Use Permit submittal checklist for Commercial Development
    
  
  

• Standard Forms and Documents

  • Bonds Estimating Prices - January 1999
    
  • Covenant Document (Open Space/Private Storm Drainage) Sample
    
  • Covenant Document (Road Construction Pro Rata Share) Sample
    
  • Declaration of Covenants for Maintenance and Liability within a Public Right of Way
    
  • Declaration of Covenants for Maintenance and Liability within a Storm Drain Easement
    
  • Policy on Land Cover within the Public Right-of-Way
    
  • Public Improvements Agreement Sample
    
  • Public Improvements Easement
    
  • Storm Drain Easement Sample
    
  • Sump Pump Pamphlet
    
  
  

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WATER RESOURCES

• Applications

  • Application for Floodplain Study/Permit
    
  • Sediment Control Application
    
  • Stormwater Management Concept Application
    
  
  

• Plan Review Checklists

  • As-Built
    
  • Filtration
    
  • Pond
    
  • Sediment Control
    
  • Underground Storage
    
  • Water Quality Inlets
    
  
  

• Policies And Procedures

  •  Stormwater Management Bonds  
    
  
  

• Standard Details

  •  Asphalt Dike  
    
  •  Baffle & Inflow  
    
  •  Bricking of Riser  
    
  •  CMP Band Detail  
    
  •  Construction Entrance  
    
  •  Dewatering Device Detail  
    
  •  Dewatering Device Usage  
    
  •  Diversion Manhole  
    
  •  Erosion Control Mating  
    
  •  Fabric Channel  
    
  •  Inlet Protection  
    
  •  Pipe Outlet Trap Drawing  
    
  •  Pipe Outlet Trap Specs  
    
  •  Riprap Dewatering Trap No. 1  
    
  •  Riprap Dewatering Trap No. 2  
    
  •  Riprap Dewatering Trap No. 3  
    
  •  Sandbag & Jersey Barrier  
    
  •  Sediment Tank  
    
  •  Silt Fence on Asphalt  
    
  •  Super Silt Fence  
    
  •  Trash Rack  
    
  •  Turf Reinforcement Detail  
    
  •  Vertical Trash Rack  
    
  •  Wash Rack No. 1  
    
  •  Wash Rack No. 2  
    
  
  

• Standard Forms And Documents

  •  Covenant Document  
    
  •  Covenant Document (DEP maintenance)  
    
  •  DEP Stormwater Facilities Data Form  
    
  •  Downstream Notification Letter  
    
  •  Easement Document  
    
  •  Easement Document (DEP maintenance)  
    
  •  Facility Guidelines  
    
  •  IF-1 Form  
    
  •  Inspector Check-off List (Bio Retention)  
    
  •  Inspector Check-off List (Infiltration)  
    
  •  Inspector Check-off List (MCSF)  
    
  •  Inspector Check-off List (Ponds)  
    
  •  Inspector Check-off List (SEPSF)  
    
  •  Inspector Check-off List (Underground Storage)  
    
  •  Pond Summary Sheet  
    
  •  Shop Drawing Checklist  
    
  •  Standard Phasing Letter  
    
  
  

• Standard Notes And Certifications

  •  Approval Block (Horizontal)  
    
  •  Approval Block (Vertical)  
    
  •  Certifications (Design, Owner/Developer, Cut/Fill, Structural, Maintenance)  
    
  • Construction Specifications for Shallow Facilities
    
  •  Flow Splitter Notes  
    
  •  Related Required Permits Table  
    
  •  Rough Grading Notes  
    
  • Sequence of Construction (Exempt from Forest Conservation Law)
    
  •  Sequence of Construction (Subject to Forest Conservation Law)
    
  •  SPA Note (Clarksburg)  
    
  •  SPA Note (Piney Branch)  
    
  •  SPA Note (Upper Paint Branch)  
    
  •  Sand Specification Notes  
    
  •  Standard Sediment Control Notes  
    
  • Stormwater Mgmt. Pond Const. Specifications
    
  
  

• Stormwater Management Facility Design Specifications

  •  Biofiltration  
    
  •  Construction Specifications for Corrugated Metal Pipe  
    
  • Drywell for Driveway/Hardscaping
    
  • Drywell for Roof Drain
    
  •  Flow Splitting Criteria  
    
  •  Infiltration Trench  
    
  •  Landscaping Guidelines  
    
  •  Montgomery County Sand Filter  
    
  •  Separator Sand Filter  
    
  •  Topsoiling  
    
  • Underground Detention Facilities
    
  
  

• Water Resources Technical Policy

  •  Access Requirements for Underground SWM Facilities  
    
  •  Height of Embankment for Water Quality Structures (WRTP-3)  
    
  •  Safety Storm Criteria for Permanent Ponds Used As Sediment Basins (WRTP-1) 
    
  
  

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WELL & SEPTIC

• Guideline for Well-Septic System Repairs
  
• Habitable Space Worksheet
  
• Non-conventional septic systems
  
• Procedures for Percolation Testing
  
• Procedure for Well Abandonment
  
• Request for Percolation Test Results
  
• Request For Septic System Location
  
• Well & Septic Permit Application
  
• Well and Septic Building Permit guidelines for Add Improvements
  
• Well & Septic Procedure & Requirement
  

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ZONING POLICIES AND INTERPRETATIONS

• 1928-30 Policy
  
• Application for Major Equestrian
  
• Application for Vendor License
  
• Application for Vendor Renewals
  
• Bay Windows, Balcones and Vestibules
  
• Benefit Performance Fact Sheet
  
• Building Across Lot Line Policy
  
• Fence and Wall Restictions Model
  
• Flag-Shaped or Pipestem Lot Model
  
• Heat Pumps, A/C Units, Chimneys, Eaves and Overhangs
  
• Site Plan Requirements for Installation of All New Aboveground Generators
• How to Determine Setbacks
  
• Lawn Maintenance
  
• License Procedure for Vendors
  
• Lot Width Requirements Model
  
• Lot with No Side Yard
  
• Scanning Guidelines for Document Submit
  
• Side Lot Lines Come to a Point at the Rear
  
• Steps, Stoops, Porches and Decks
  
• Types of Lots
  
• Yard Requirements for Corner Lots
  

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OTHER LINKS

• Department of Public Works and Transportation
  
• Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission
  
• Montgomery County Code
  
• Maryland State Highway Administration
  

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