West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and SMA

Joint Public Hearing to be Rescheduled—July 8, 2024

The Joint Public Hearing of the Prince George’s County Council, sitting as the District Council, and the M-NCPPC Prince George’s County Planning Board on the Staff Draft West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment (SMA), scheduled for Monday, July 8, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. has been cancelled. The hearing will be rescheduled for September. The record of public hearing testimony will remain open until the rescheduled hearing closes in accordance with the local zoning laws. Testimony and any affidavits already submitted remain valid and do not need to be resubmitted unless circumstances otherwise require resubmission in accordance with the law.

Submit Testimony on the Staff Draft Sector Plan and Proposed SMA

The Prince George’s County Planning Board and County Council will be holding a Joint Public Hearing in September 2024 at the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building (1301 McCormick Drive, Largo) to hear public testimony regarding the  second Staff Draft of the West Hyattsville-Queen Chapel Sector Plan and Sectional Map Amendment. For information on how to provide testimony, please visit https://pgccouncil.us/Speak.

Please note: If you wish to testify in support of an intensification of zoning and you have a qualifying interest or involvement in the property, you must complete the appropriate affidavit  prior to submitting testimony. Please contact Lyndsey Clouatre, lyndsey.clouatre@ppd.mncppc.org, if you have questions pertaining to the affidavit

Open House & Discussion of Staff Draft—June 11 & June 26, 2024

Thank you for joining the Prince George’s County Planning Staff held open houses to discuss the second Staff Draft of the West Hyattsville-Queen Chapel Sector Plan and Sectional Map Amendment. The open houses were held on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church (5901 36th Avenue, Hyattsville) and Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at Mount Rainier Nature Center (4701 31st Place, Mount Rainier).

Staff Draft Sector Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment Released

On May 2, 2024, the Prince George’s County Planning Board voted to publicly release the second Staff Draft of the West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and Sectional Map Amendment (SMA). The sector plan and SMA are available for review at https://pgplan.org/WHQCStaffDraft.

Queens Chapel Manor Community Meeting —February 27, 2024

Prince George’s County Planning Department staff met with members of the public on Tuesday, February 27 at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church to discuss the Staff Draft West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and SMA’s recommendations for new housing opportunities in the Queens Chapel Manor neighborhood.

Remand of the Staff Draft Sector Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment (SMA)

On December 15, 2022, the Prince George’s County Planning Board remanded the Staff Draft West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and the Proposed Sectional Map Amendment (SMA) back to the Planning Department for further evaluation. See the Planning Department’s Staff Analysis and Recommendations for more information about the issues necessitating this action. Once these issues have been resolved, the Staff Draft Sector Plan and Proposed SMA will be re-released to the public for review and comment, and another Joint Public Hearing held. Stay tuned to this website for more information!

Joint Public Hearing

Thank you for joining our Joint Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, to seek public testimony concerning the Staff Draft West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment (SMA). The record of public hearing testimony closed on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. The Prince George’s County Planning Department staff will analyze the public testimony and present their analysis and recommendations to the Prince George’s County Planning Board during an upcoming work session in December.

Public Release of the Staff Draft West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment (SMA) for Public Review

On July 28, 2022, the Prince George’s County Planning Board released the Staff Draft West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and the Proposed Sectional Map Amendment (SMA) for public review.

Demystifying the SMA

Thank you to those who joined us for the Virtual Info Session about the West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sectional Map Amendment (SMA) on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Did you miss the meeting? You can still view and share at any time here.

Initiation of concurrent SMA

On January 18, 2022, the Prince George’s County Council, sitting as the District Council, initiated a sectional map amendment to be conducted concurrently with the West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan. A sectional map amendment (SMA) is a comprehensive rezoning process that implements sector plan recommendations and results in a new zoning map for the sector plan area only. Typically, this process results in a zoning change for only a few of the properties in the subject area and the remaining properties are left in their previous zones. The sector plan process has been underway since the fall of 2020, and a concurrent SMA will facilitate the efficient implementation of rezoning recommendations in the sector plan at the same time as plan approval in 2023. For more information, please see the SMA FAQ page.

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WHQC Sector Plan Video

Check out our project team members as they talk about the plan for the West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel area!

Recent Activities

Planning staff participated in PARK(ing) Day and Summer Jam in the City of Hyattsville on Friday, September 16, 2022, on Hamilton Street in front of Queens Chapel Town Center and at Hyatt Park. Staff shared info and answered questions about the Staff Draft West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment (SMA).

The Growth Concepts Showcase launched on September 2, 2021 and the survey was open until September 27, 2021. The virtual town hall that hosts the showcase received 480 views during this time.

The planning team hosted its first Facebook Live on September 20, 2021 promoting the Growth Concepts Showcase and the Virtual Townhall. 

The draft vision and goals for the sector plan were posted online for public comment from July 23 – August 6, 2021. This draft was created as a result of input received from the public during the visioning workshop and from the visioning survey.

Interactive Mapping Tool: From March 8 – April 5, 2021, the interactive mapping tool was open for public input. Check out the results!