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Applicant seeks rezoning for Melwood Estate to allow single‑family detached homes; applicant says 2007 SMA was a mistake
Summary
Dayland Investment LLC asked the Zoning Hearing Examiner to rezone about 27.54 acres at 4816 Melwood Road (Melwood Estate) from AR to RSFA with binding conditions limiting development to single‑family detached homes at up to 3.5 dwelling units per acre; the applicant argued the 2007 Westphalia SMA misapplied zoning and submitted technical plans showing roughly 90–96 lots; no decision was made at the Feb. 4 hearing.
An evidentiary hearing before the Prince George's County Zoning Hearing Examiner on Feb. 4, 2026, examined ZMA‑2025‑003, an application by Dayland Investment LLC to rezone roughly 27.54 acres at 4816 Melwood Road (Melwood Estate) from the AR (agricultural‑residential) zone to the RSFA (residential single‑family attached) zone with binding conditions limiting development to single‑family detached homes at no more than 3.5 dwelling units per acre.
In an opening statement, Matthew Tedesco, counsel for the contract purchaser, said the application "is about aligning zoning with adopted planning policies and correcting a mistake in the 2007 Westphalia Sector Plan sectional map amendment." Tedesco told the examiner the property is adjacent to the Westphalia Town Center edge, is served by public water and sewer infrastructure, and that county policy (Plan 2035) defines "residential low" as up to 3.5 dwelling units per acre. He said the applicant would…
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