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Ongoing Plans and Projects

Community Plans

Community plans include master plans, specialized planning studies, sectional map amendments (SMAs) and planning assistance to municipalities and communities (PAMC) programs.

Development Review Plans

Development review is responsible for assisting customers to comply with the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations through a managed review process. This process implements the land use plans and policies established by the county.

Environmental Plans and Projects

Current environmental projects include updates to the existing Woodland Conservation Ordinance to implement the recommendations of the approved Countywide Green Infrastructure Functional Master Plan, approved June 14, 2005. The current Woodland Conservation Technical Manual is also being updated to support the proposed legislation. The new technical manual will be titled, Environmental Technical Manual, to support the proposed environmental legislation.

Historic Preservation Plans

Current Historic Preservation projects include the digest of testimony, adoption, and approval steps for the Preliminary Historic Sites and Districts Plan. The plan was released in December 2009, and the public hearing was held on January 19, 2010. Other historic preservation plans and publications underway include an updated version of the African American Heritage Survey, 1996, and an updated version of The Illustrated Inventory of Historic Sites, 2006. A new publication, Oral History Interviews: African American Heritage Survey Update, 2008 is now available at the Planning Department’s Information Center. Postbellum Archeological Resources in Prince George’s County, Maryland: a Historic Context and Research Guide is expected to be available in spring 2010.

Transportation Plans

Transportation plans conduct and review transportation studies, develop the transportation elements of master plans, and provide planning and technical assistance to the countywide trails planning program.

Special Projects and Studies

Special projects and studies are generally conducted at the request of county government and often lead to the preparation of a master plan or amendment to the Zoning Ordinance.