Prince George’s County district council waives review on multiple zoning and site-plan items, defers several matters

Prince George’s County Council, sitting as a district council, waived its right to review multiple zoning and detailed site-plan matters and deferred several others during its Sept. 8, 2025 meeting in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

The council recorded unanimous roll-call votes to waive review on several items that had been approved with conditions by Park and Planning technical staff and the Planning Board. Council members also deferred a handful of cases and set a future date for oral argument or hearings where appeals were pending.

Waivers and votes at the meeting related to special-exception and detailed-site-plan (DSP) applications for developments across the county. The council voted to waive review — effectively forgoing an additional district-council-level review — for the following matters after staff and the Planning Board had approved the projects with conditions:

- SE22007, Gaslight 3 surface mine (applicant: Holsammar Inc.) — waiver of council review recorded as a unanimous roll-call “aye.” - DSP19021-02, South Lake Commercial Phase 1 (Southlake Commercial LLC) — waiver recorded unanimous “aye.” - DSP22043-03, Milford Mansions (Saint John’s Properties) — waiver recorded unanimous “aye.” - DSP25007, Walker Mill Business Park Lot 15 (Rochelle LLC) — waiver recorded unanimous “aye.”

Several other items were discussed and either deferred by agreement or scheduled for later hearing dates rather than acted on by roll-call vote. Those included:

- DSP16039, Forestville Center (NSR Petro Services LLC): council discussion included the possibility of adding the item to a district council session the following Tuesday; the item was to be handled at a later date and no roll-call vote on waiver was recorded during this meeting. - DSP23018, Royal USA Tours (El…