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PHED committee backs zoning changes to expand locations for state-licensed opioid treatment centers
Summary
The Prince George's County Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee on July 3 voted 5-0 to give a favorable recommendation to CB-27 (Draft 2A), which creates a new principal use for state-licensed opioid treatment centers and sets conditions and separation standards for their placement.
The Prince George's County Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee on July 3 voted 5-0 to give a favorable recommendation to CB-27 (2025) in its proposed Draft 2A, which adds state-licensed opioid treatment centers as a principal use in selected zones and establishes conditions for their operation.
Sponsor remarks described the measure as intended to preserve access to opioid treatment services while addressing neighborhood concerns. "These are medical offices where people have to have an appointment," Council Member DeNoga said, differentiating the proposed state-licensed facilities from older methadone clinic models. The draft retains a 500-foot separation from certain…
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