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County council flags infrastructure, tree-conservation and local-control concerns with state housing bills
Summary
Prince George's County officials briefed the council on the governor's housing package (including Senate Bill 36), and multiple members raised concerns about state preemption of local zoning, lack of funding for infrastructure, and potential conflicts with the county's tree-conservation rules and adequate public facilities policies.
Prince George's County lawmakers used a Feb. 3 briefing to scrutinize the governor's housing package, singling out Senate Bill 36 for the potential to preempt local single-family zoning controls and to shift growth decisions to the state level without guaranteed funding for infrastructure.
Jabari Cooper, who presented the General Assembly committee update to the council, summarized the county's recent committee actions and introduced a more detailed briefing on housing. Cooper and representatives from the state's housing working group (Mako) told the council that SB36 (described in the briefing as a "starter and silver homes" act) would limit county authority…
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