Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-042-2025

• Reference No.: CB-042-2025
• Draft No.: 3
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Failed
• Meeting Body: Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee
• Meeting Date: 11/10/2025
• Introduced Date: 10/7/2025
• Public Hearing Date: 11/10/2025 @ 11:00 AM
• Title: AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING APPLICATION PREPARATION, SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES AND DECISION STANDARDS for the purpose of amending certain definitions; amending pre-application requirements to require applicants to demonstrate the proposal’s conformance with applicable Master Plans; amending pre-application procedures to allow applicants to hold an informational consultation with relevant Council members; amending pre-application procedures to make neighborhood meeting notices publicly searchable; amending pre-application procedures to allow neighborhood meeting participants to become persons of record; amending certain development application submittal requirements to demonstrate the proposal’s conformance with applicable Master Plans; and amending the decision standards for approval of detailed site plan and special exception applications to include Master Plan consistency as a required standard for site plan approval.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Thomas E. Dernoga, Wala Blegay, Krystal Oriadha
• Code sections: 27-3604 - , 27-3605 -
• Contact: Eric Irving, Fiscal and Legislative Specialist

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/17/2025	3	County Council	amended	Pass
11/17/2025	3	County Council	motion failed	Pass
11/10/2025	3	County Council	public hearing held
11/10/2025	3	County Council	deferred
10/7/2025	2	County Council	amended (1)	Pass
10/7/2025	2	County Council	introduced
9/18/2025	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	amended (1)	Pass
9/18/2025	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	Favorably reported out with recommended amendments	Pass
7/3/2025	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
6/5/2025	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
5/6/2025	1	County Council	presented and referred
4/21/2025	1	M-NCPPC Planning Board	No position on proposed legislative amendment
4/1/2025	1	M-NCPPC Technical Staff	No position on proposed legislative amendment
3/18/2025	1	Clerk of the Council	transmitted

Title

AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING APPLICATION PREPARATION, SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES AND DECISION STANDARDS for the purpose of amending certain definitions; amending pre-application requirements to require applicants to demonstrate the proposal’s conformance with applicable Master Plans; amending pre-application procedures to allow applicants to hold an informational consultation with relevant Council members; amending pre-application procedures to make neighborhood meeting notices publicly searchable; amending pre-application procedures to allow neighborhood meeting participants to become persons of record; amending certain development application submittal requirements to demonstrate the proposal’s conformance with applicable Master Plans; and amending the decision standards for approval of detailed site plan and special exception applications to include Master Plan consistency as a required standard for site plan approval.

Background:

This bill amends the approval findings for detailed site plan (DSP) and special exception (SE) applications to require findings based on the property's applicable comprehensive plan, functional master plan or, in the absence  of such plan, the current General Plan for the County. This bill returns to plan-related standards for DSPs and SEs to their previous form by repealing the applicable amendments made in CB-015-2024 and reverting to the those approved by the Council in CB-003-2023.