Mount Rainier NCOZ
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Updated Thursday, October 1, 2020: The Joint Public Hearing on the CMA (Countywide Map Amendment to the new Zoning Ordinance) has now been scheduled for November 19. Stakeholders will be able to provide testimony to the District Council, and the Planning Board on the Mount Rainier NCOZ (Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Zone).
Joint Public Hearing with the Prince George’s County Council and Planning Board on the Countywide Map Amendment.
The public hearing is part of a process leading to the approval of a new zoning map, thereby implementing the zones contained in the new Zoning Ordinance for Prince George’s County adopted by the Council through Council Bill CB-13-2018 on October 23, 2018. If your property is located within that portion of the Maryland-Washington Regional District within Prince George’s County (all properties in the County except those located within the City of Laurel), approval of the Countywide Sectional Map Amendment will may result in the rezoning of your property, which could then affect your property values and your tax liability
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 5 p.m.
Register To Speak: https://pgccouncil.us/458/Public-Hearing-Notices-Sign-Up-to-Speak
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Future meetings when announced will be post here and at http://zoningpgc.pgplanning.com/meetings/
On October 23, 2018, the Prince George’s County Council adopted a new Zoning Ordinance and new Subdivision Regulations for Prince George’s County. As part of the implementation of these new laws, a new Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Zone (NCOZ) is being prepared for those properties in the City of Mount Rainier currently classified in the R-55 (One-Family Detached Residential), R-35 (One-Family Semidetached, and Two-Family Detached, Residential), and R-20 (One-Family Triple-Attached Residential) Zones.
The purpose of the NCOZ is to protect and preserve the unique development features and character of established neighborhoods throughout the County, and to promote new development that is compatible with the existing neighborhood character. Minimum criteria for the designation of an NCOZ are established in the new Zoning Ordinance; these will be addressed in a Mount Rainier neighborhood study that specifies the development context. The Mount Rainier NCOZ will also include development standards specific to Mount Rainier’s single-family residential neighborhoods; should the Mount Rainier NCOZ be approved, the standards will regulate development, redevelopment, and building alterations in the zone.
Click here to read the study and/or download the pdf. Paper copies are available at the Mount Rainier City Hall.
A community meeting on the potential NCO Zone was held at M-NCPPC’s Mount Rainier Nature Center on Monday, December 16, 2019. After an introduction by City Councilmember Bryan Knedler, who outlined the work that has been done since 2006 to make the NCOZ a reality, M-NCPPC staff gave a presentation on how the NCO Zone fits into the new Zoning Ordinance (adopted October 2018). Staff walked the community members through the proposed NCOZ standards (developed with community input by the Design Review Board (DRB) and the city over 2014-2017) and there was a discussion about how each standard would work and how some could be refined to achieve the stated community goals of maintaining neighborhood character. The DRB further refined the proposed standards in early January and a final draft was transmitted from the city to M-NCPPC soon after.
The Joint Public Hearing on the Countywide Map Amendment, originally scheduled for March 23, 2020, has been postponed due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Daniel Sams
Planner CoordinatorPhone: 301-952-3166
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND LINKS:
- Section of new Zoning Ordinance establishing the NCO Zone
- Zoning Rewrite and Countywide Map Amendment Main Website