Title
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE 2004 SECTOR PLAN AND SECTIONAL MAP AMENDMENT FOR THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY GATEWAY ARTS DISTRICT-MINOR AMENDMENT for the purpose of approving, in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of Prince George’s County, Maryland, a minor amendment to the Gateway Arts District Development District Overlay (D-D-O) Zone within the 2004 Sectional Map Amendment for the Prince George’s County Gateway Arts District, with certain revisions recommended by the Prince George’s County Planning Board.
Background
This Resolution will approve a Minor Amendment to the Development District Overlay (D-D-O) Zone within the Sectional Map Amendment portion of the 2004 Sector Plan and Sectional Map Amendment for the Gateway Arts District of Prince George’s County, to define and provide designated permission within a certain Character Area of the Gateway Arts Development District. As authorized by Parts 10A and 13 of the County Zoning Ordinance, via adoption of CR-73-2021 in June 2021, the District Council initiated and directed the Planning Board to prepare this minor amendment and directed that a joint public hearing be conducted on September 23, 2021, by the Prince George’s Planning Board and the District Council to garner public testimony on the proposed minor amendment. Upon close of the public hearing record, the technical staff of the Planning Department prepared a digest of testimony that was considered by the Planning Board in a public work session. Accordingly, the Planning Board voted to approve a Resolution to endorse this minor amendment and transmitted same to the Council for further action. On November 2, 2021, the Council convened as the Committee of the Whole to examine the record of public testimony and the Planning Staff’s transcript analysis leading up to the Planning Board’s action on the minor amendment. After discussion, the Committee voted 10-0 to direct staff to prepare this Resolution of Approval as to the proposed...
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