Prince George's planners set June hearings on zoning, trails and growth
June hearings could reset zoning in Subregions 1 and 5, while new trail and park design rules may change how Prince George’s builds and connects open space.
Prince George’s County planners are lining up June hearings that could affect zoning, traffic, housing supply and development costs in some of the county’s most scrutinized growth areas, including Subregion 1 and Subregion 5. The calendar also puts park and trail design standards on the table, a sign that the county is treating access to open space as part of the land-use fight, not a side issue.
The Planning Board will meet on Thursday, June 4, June 11, June 18 and June 25 at 10 a.m., with meetings available in person at the M-NCPPC Parks and Recreation Administration Building, 6600 Kenilworth Avenue in Riverdale, and by live stream. The Largo headquarters remains closed to in-person visits because of construction. The board says it meets on Thursdays to consider planning, zoning, subdivision and other matters, and that all persons are invited to testify, watch or listen. Residents who want to speak virtually must sign up by 12 noon on the Tuesday before the meeting.
The highest-stakes item is the joint public hearing on a minor amendment to the 2010 Approved Master Plan and Sectional Map Amendment for Subregion 1, scheduled for Monday, June 8 at 6 p.m. The County Council initiated the amendment on April 14 through CR-027-2026, and it covers Planning Areas 60, 61, 62 and 64, including the Northwestern Area, Fairland-Beltsville & Vicinity and South Laurel-Montpelier. County planning materials say the 2010 plan superseded the 1990 Subregion I plan, and that the new amendment is intended to create a forward-looking, market-viable framework shaped by public participation, market analysis, land-use and zoning review and regional best practices. For residents, that is where abstract planning starts to become concrete: density, development patterns, transportation connections and neighborhood character can all shift once the map and master plan are changed.
A second joint public hearing, scheduled for Tuesday, June 9 at 6 p.m., will put Subregion 5 under the same spotlight. A separate public hearing is also listed for June 29 on a minor amendment to the 2013 Approved Subregion 5 Master Plan and Sectional Map Amendment, along with a proposed sectional map amendment. County planning materials say a sectional map amendment comprehensively rezones properties in a geographic area to align with approved county plans, which means the stakes run from property value and build-out potential to the pace and shape of future growth.
The same June 9 calendar also includes a virtual Brown Bag session on Common Park Facilities Design Guidelines, Trails and Trail Finder. The Parks and Recreation Facilities Design Guidelines, published April 23, 2025, are meant to make recreation facilities safe, functional, long-lasting and responsive to residents’ needs while conserving open space and natural, historic and cultural resources. Together, the hearings and the trail session show how Prince George’s County is deciding not just where it will grow, but how expensive, connected and walkable that growth will be.
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