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File #: HCC-085-FY24    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 9/27/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/2/2023 Final action: 10/2/2023
Title: Authorization of Letter to Planning Board: Suffrage Point
Sponsors: Joseph Solomon, Danny Schaible, Joanne Waszczak
Indexes: Planning & Development
Attachments: 1. DSP-21001 - Technical Staff Memo - 20230918, 2. DSP-21001 - Werrlein Request to Continue to 20231012 - 20230808
Submitted by: Councilmember Joseph Solomon
Submitting Department: Legislative
Agenda Section: Action

Item Title:
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Authorization of Letter to Planning Board: Suffrage Point
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Suggested Action:
recommendation
I move the Council authorize the Mayor to send a letter to the Planning Board regarding DSP-21001, Suffrage Point. The letter shall request the Planning Board to continue the DSP hearing from October 5, 2023, to November 2, 2023 to allow time for the public to review materials.
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Summary Background:
The Prince George's County Planning Board heard the Suffrage Point Detailed Site Plan (DSP)-21001 case on January 12 and February 2, 2023. A resolution dated March 7, 2023, was issued with eight conditions of approval.

On May 11, 2023, the Prince George's County Council sitting as the District Council remanded the Suffrage Point DSP-21001 to the Prince George's County Planning Board for further testimony or reconsideration, specifically:

"Planning Board shall reopen the record to take further testimony or evidence as follows:

1. Allow the Applicant to withdraw the site plan since DPIE is not allowed to grant a waiver for any filling or the construction or placement of any structures or obstructions ultimately located in the FEMA-designated floodways. PGCC ?32-206(e).

2. In the alternative, allow the Applicant to submit a revised site plan, which shall include a new application request to DPIE for a waiver to construct in the 100- year floodplain that complies with the requirements in PGCC ? 32-206, as amended by CB-38-2016.

3. Any revised site plan submitted by the Applicant shall contain a new decision from DPIE on the Applicant's new application request for a waiver to construct in the 100-year floodplain. DPIE's new decision on the Applicant's waiver request shall make all required findings and considerations in PGCC ? 32- 206(d) and (j), as amended by CB-38-2016. DPIE's findings and considerations shall include, but are not limited to,...

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