Applicant seeks separate basic plan for 100.8‑acre portion of Woodside Village in Prince George’s County

Woodside Land Investments LLC asked the Prince George’s County Zoning Hearing Examiner on Feb. 19 to approve a basic plan amendment that would divide roughly 100.84 acres out of the original Woodside Village assemblage and permit 359 to 368 single‑family detached homes.

The amendment, filed as A‑9973‑O3, would separate Parcels 1342 and a portion of Parcel 48 from the original basic plan approved in February 2007 under the Westphalia sector plan. Robert Antonetti, attorney for the applicant, told Hearing Examiner Maureen McNeil that the three separate basic plan amendments for Woodside Village together would allow a maximum combined density of 1,383 dwelling units — 114 fewer than the 1,497 units approved in the original 2007 plan.

The applicant and its witnesses described the proposal as a single‑family detached neighborhood with a density range of about 3.6 to 3.68 dwelling units per acre. Rachel Leitzinger, senior associate and project manager at Dewberry Engineers Inc., testified the amended basic plan shows approximately 28 acres of open space (including environmentally sensitive areas, stormwater management and recreation areas), about 13.4 acres of land to…