Development

Resources for the Development Review process include links to instructions, checklists, and forms for Zoning, Subdivision, and Urban Design applications. The Process Guidelines link provides an overview of the process for Planning Board Applications.

Bills enacted in September:

• CB-47-2026 “An act concerning Development standards – Off-street Parking and Loading for the purpose of increasing the minimum number of required off-street parking spaces for apartment housing for elderly or physically disabled families”.  

Status: Adopted on September 1, 2026 

Date of enactment: Forty-five (45) calendar days after it becomes law 

• CB-69- 2026 “An act concerning Use Regulations – Special Exception Standards- Private Schools for the purpose of exempting certain private school uses in a Residential Zone from the requirement for special exception approval”.  

Status: Adopted on September 29, 2026 

Date of enactment: Forty-five (45) calendar days after it becomes law 

• CB-70-2026 “An act concerning Use Regulations and Dimensional Standards – Places of Worship for the purpose of providing for the approval of a detailed site plan for the development of property for certain places of worship, cultural facilities, monasteries, and convents under certain circumstances and amending use regulations to allow for modified design standards and intensity and dimensional standards for such uses on assemblages of twenty-five acres or more”.  

Status: Adopted on September 8, 2026 

Date of enactment: Upon adoption 

• CB-71-2026 “An act concerning Home Occupation and Home Businesses – Regulation and Enforcement for the purpose of revising the definition of home occupation; adding the definition of prohibited home business; providing for the presumptive evidence of prohibited home business; providing for property owner responsibility; providing for certain enforcement procedures; providing for certain enhanced penalties for prohibited home businesses; and generally regarding regulation and enforcement of home occupation and home businesses”.  

Status: Adopted on September 29, 2026 

Date of enactment: Forty-five (45) calendar days after it becomes law 

• CB-73-2026 “An act concerning Standards for Specific Sign Types for the purpose of amending the Height (maximum) of Sign (from base to top) for certain signs within the Industrial, Employment and Industrial/ Employment Planned Development (IE-PD) Zones of Prince George’s County”.  

Status: Adopted on September 8, 2026 

Date of enactment: Forty-five (45) calendar days after it becomes law 

• CB-74-2026 “An act concerning Accessory Dwelling Units for the purpose of adding definitions and designating areas for Accessory Dwelling Units consistent with authority set forth in State law; setting forth regulations for permitted Accessory Dwelling Units; providing for the prospective application of provisions and amendments adopted herein; and providing a severability clause for the provisions related to Accessory Dwelling Units in Prince George’s County”.  

Status: Adopted on September 29, 2026 

Date of enactment: Forty-five (45) calendar days after it becomes law 

Bills introduced in September (Second Reading): 

Please note that these bills, as currently drafted, may or may not be adopted during this legislative session.  

•  CB-19-2026 “An act concerning Use Regulations – Qualified Data Centers for the purpose of prohibiting the authority in the Zoning Ordinance to utilize the prior Ordinance for Qualified Data Center uses, under certain circumstances, thereby establishing a single review process under the Zoning Ordinance for Qualified Data Center uses; repealing the exemption from detailed site plan review for qualified data centers; and making a technical correction”.  

Status: Introduced on September 22, 2026 

• CB-35-2026 “An act concerning Use Regulations – Day Care Centers for Children for the purpose of increasing access to childcare facilities by eliminating special exception approval for day care centers for children in all zones; providing for community notification of proposed day care centers; removing minimum parking requirements in all transit-oriented zones; reducing minimum parking requirements in certain transit-oriented zones; and providing for alternative parking compliance in all other zones.” 

Status: Introduced on September 22, 2026 

• CB-76-2026 “An act concerning Commercial Reinvestment and Innovation Projects Act of 2026 for the purpose of establishing an alternative, streamlined development review and appeal process for the highest priority transit-oriented development areas, called Regional Transit Districts and Local Transit Centers in Prince George’s County’s Plan 2035 General Plan, to stimulate greater economic growth in Prince George’s County, subject to certain conditions.” 

Status: Introduced on September 22, 2026 

• CB-77-2026 “An act concerning Community Service and Commercial Uses for the purpose of permitting certain community service and commercial uses by right in Residential, Single-Family-Attached (RSF-A) zones; and amending use standards for permitted community service and commercial uses to promote the productive reuse of existing buildings and ensure compatibility with surrounding neighborhood in which these uses are proposed.” 

Status: Introduced on September 22, 2026 

• CB-81-2026 “An act concerning Residential Base Zones – Permitted Principal Uses – Sustainable Inclusive Mixed-Use Community for the purpose of defining the use “Sustainable Inclusive Mixed-Use Community” in the Zoning Ordinance; permitting the use in the RE (Residential Estate), RR (Residential, Rural), and RSF-95 (Residential, Single-Family-95) zones pursuant to the grant of a special exception; and establishing certain requirements applicable to said special exception.” 

Status: Introduced on September 22, 2026 

• CB-82-2026 “An act concerning Cannabis Dispensaries – Use Regulations for the purpose of making the use regulations for Cannabis dispensaries and Cannabis micro-dispensaries consistent with provisions of State law; and generally regarding Cannabis uses in Prince George’s County.” 

Status: Introduced on September 22, 2026 

• CB-83-2026 “An act concerning Food or Beverage Stores – Convenience Stores -Tobacco Product Sales for the purpose of amending to the transitional provisions of the Zoning Ordinance to prohibit food or beverage store uses under the prior ordinance; modifying the definition of the Convenience Store use in the Zoning Ordinance to prohibit the sale of tobacco and tobacco-related products; remove certain use requirements for convenience store related to the sale of tobacco products; and providing for a transition period to ensure compliance.” 

Status: Introduced on September 22, 2026 

• CB-84-2026 “An act concerning Streamlining Site Plan Review Act of 2026 for the purpose of amending the Zoning Ordinance to allow simultaneous approval of certain applications reviewed simultaneously; and generally relating to development plan review.” 

Status: Introduced on September 22, 2026 

• CB-90-2026 “An act concerning Streamlining Subdivision Review Act of 2026 for the purpose expressly providing that certain applications for preliminary plans of subdivision (minor or major) may be approved simultaneously in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance; and generally relating to development plan review.” 

Status: Introduced on September 15, 2026