Prince George’s County district council waives review on multiple development plans, approves remand order for Jyok Sun Buddhist Temple

The Prince George’s County Council, sitting as the district council, on Jan. 27, 2025, voted unanimously on a package of planning and zoning matters, approving a remand order for DSP-20002 (Jyok Sun Buddhist Temple) and taking votes to either waive or elect to review planning board decisions on multiple detailed site plans, special exceptions and a major departure.

The actions matter because they either finalize or keep open appeals of development approvals by Park and Planning and the Planning Board, affecting projects ranging from a new house of worship to senior housing, multifamily developments, mixed‑use projects with gas stations and commercial uses, and a small day‑care special exception. The council acted primarily through motions to waive its election to review planning board approvals or, in a few cases, to elect to review them — all motions carried by unanimous roll calls recorded as 7–0.

Most prominent, the council approved a prepared order remanding DSP-20002 for the Jyok Sun Buddhist Temple. The application, filed by Jyok Sun Buddhist Temple Corporation, concerns the development of a 4,625‑square‑foot place of worship on 1.64 acres in the RR zone at the southeast quadrant of Maryland 197 (Laurel Bowie Road) and Snowdon Road, and it would retain an existing single‑family dwelling as a parsonage. The appeal and review filings for that case were noted in the record; the council voted to approve the prepared order.

The council also acted on several housing…