Environmental Health is a division of the Caroline County Health Department, which is part of the State of Maryland Department of Health. The Caroline County Department of Planning and Codes is part of the local Caroline County government.
Most types of plats require review by both Environmental Health and the Caroline County Department of Planning and Codes. If you are unsure of what level of review is needed, please contact the Department of Planning and Codes at (410) 479-8100.
Joint Review Plats
The following types of plats require joint review by both Environmental Health and the Caroline County Department of Planning and Codes:
● Creating a new lot
● Combining parcels
● Lot Line Revision
Note: All lots created that will use public water and/or sewer also require an Capacity Commitment for the Subdivision of Land from the town offering a public system.
All Subdivision Plats, whether on public water and/or sewer or private well and/or septic, must be reviewed and signed by Environmental Health prior to recording in Land Records.
Additionally, if the project involves property that has an existing home with a private well and septic system or farmland that has irrigation wells, then an Environmental Health Review (EHR) must be processed before the plats can be submitted.
An Environmental Health Review is also required before Perc Test Applications can be processed in cases where existing wells and septic systems are on the parcel of record. However, an Environmental Health Review is not required in situations where an applicant consolidates improved or unimproved parcels or lots. However, the plat may be required to show improvements and existing wells and septic systems.
Environmental Health Review Plats
The following types of plats only require review by Environmental Health:
● Abandon an existing recorded Septic Reserve Area (SRA)
● Change or add Septic Reserve Area (SRA), but not subdividing the property
● Establishing Septic Reserve Area (SRA), but not subdividing the property
● Site plan for perc tests (also known as Site Evaluation Test Location Plat)
HEALTH DEPARTMENT SUBMITTALS: When submitting formal plats to health department only; i.e. Planning Office review not required, then those plats must have signatures of owner and surveyor, and surveyors seal, as those plats went thru the worksheet review process previously. The fee would have been addressed on the worksheet–call 410 479 8045 if you need to verify fee due the health department. A minimum of 4 plats must be submitted to Health Department.
Please note: All plats submitted will be reviewed on their own merit. They may need to go through several submission, review, and revisions processes before a final determination can be made.
All plats submitted must include the appropriate block wording on the plat at time of submittal. This wording and formatting should be reproduced exactly. For detailed requirements and standardized language for subdivision and record plats, please review the Maryland Department of the Environment’s Plat Statements Guidance document.
- Individual Water Supply (Wells) and Individual On-site Sewage Disposal Systems
- Individual Wells and Community Sewerage Systems: For use when individual water supplies for each lot are planning and a community sewage system is existing
- Community Water Supply and Individual On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems: For use when individual sewage system for each lot are planned and a community water system is existing
- Community Water Supply and Community Sewerage Systems (Existing systems)
- Community Water Supply and Community Sewerage Systems (Proposed systems)
- Agricultural Parcels: Caroline County Only
- Property Line Adjustment Plats
- Sewage Reserve Area (SRA) Plat: Existing Parcel/Lot, creating a Sewage Reserve Area (SRA)
- Sewage Reserve Area (SRA) Revision Plat: Revising an existing recorded Sewage Reserve Area (SRA)
- Sewage Reserve Area (SRA) Abandonment Plat: Abandoning an existing recorded Sewage Reserve Area (SRA)
- Site Evaluation Test Location Plat: Perc Tests Identification