Title
(SUBDIVISION BILL) AN ACT CONCERNING VALIDITY PERIODS FOR PRELIMINARY PLANS OF SUBDIVISION for the purpose of temporarily extending the validity periods of all approved applications for Preliminary Plans of Subdivision that were in a valid status as of January 1, 2018.
Background
The Council is currently considering legislation, CB-013-2018, to enact a new, comprehensive rewrite of the text of the Prince George’s County Zoning Ordinance, being also Subtitle 27 of the Prince George’s Code. Notwithstanding any final action by the Council as to CB-013-2018 to enact a new comprehensive text of a new County Zoning Ordinance, in order for such new Zoning Ordinance to take effect, a separate, Countywide comprehensive zoning process to apply and to update the specific zoning classifications in the new Zoning Ordinance to all County properties. In order to accomplish this comprehensive task, the Council is also considering concurrent legislation, CB-014-2018, for the purpose of enacting a comprehensive zoning process which, when approved, will apply the specific zoning classifications set forth in the new Zoning as to all properties in the County. As a result, and in light of the procedural magnitude of a Countywide comprehensive zoning process and, as announced by the Council during the course of various public meetings, the Council finds that such Countywide comprehensive zoning process will likely require a minimum timeframe of 18-24 months, or sometime during calendar year 2020. Accordingly, this subdivsion bill will temporarily extend certain approved preliminary plan applications that were in a valid status as of January 1, 2018.