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A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE 2006 EAST GLENN DALE AREA SECTOR PLAN AND SECTIONAL MAP AMENDMENT for the purpose of approving a minor amendment to the land use and development policy recommendations for a character area known as ‘The Area Between Prospect Hill Road and Daisy Lane’ within the 2006 East Glenn Dale Area Sector Plan and Sectional Map Amendment.
Background
Sections 27-548.26 and 27-642 of the Zoning Ordinance of Prince George’s County provide a process for initiation and approval of minor amendments to approved comprehensive plans by the District Council. Accordingly, by way of its adoption of CR-099-2017 on November 14, 2017, the District Council directed initiation of certain minor amendments to the 2006 East Glenn Dale Sector Plan and Sectional Map Amendment, more specifically, to delete obsolete language within the sector plan area and revise the strategies for land use and development more appropriate for the area and is compatible with existing residential uses in the area of the sector plan known as ‘The Area Between Prospect Hill Road and Daisy Lane’.
In accordance with the requirements of law, the District Council and Prince George’s County Planning Board conducted a duly advertised joint public hearing on February 6, 2018, in order to garner public comment and/or written testimony concerning the proposed minor amendments to the East Glenn Dale Sector Plan. After the close of the joint public hearing record, the Planning Board reviewed the record testimony with staff and transmitted its comments and recommendations to the District Council on March 8, 2018, as prescribed by law.
Thereafter, on March 20, 2018, and as publicly advertised upon its published public meeting agenda, the County Council conducted a public work session, while convened as the Committee of the Whole, to review the record of public hearing testimony received at the February 6, 2018, joint public hearing on the proposed minor amendments. After presentations by the Planning Department and Council’s legal staff, as well as questions and other discussion from the committee members, the Committee of the Whole voted to direct staff to prepare this Resolution of Approval for the proposed minor amendments to the 2006 East Glenn Dale Area Sector Plan and Sectional Map Amendment, as recommended within the resolution adopted by Planning Board via PGCPB No. 18-15.
Accordingly, this Resolution will approve, as a final action by the District Council in accordance with prescriptions of local zoning laws, certain minor amendments to the 2006 East Glenn Dale Area Sector Plan and Sectional Map Amendment.