Submitted by: Simasek, Suiter, Solomon
Submitting Department: Community & Economic Development
Agenda Section: Action
Item Title:
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Clay Property Request for Rezoning (CSP-20007)
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Suggested Action:
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I move that the Mayor and Council send the following correspondence to the Prince George's County District Council regarding CSP-20007 for the Clay Property:
The City of Hyattsville does not support the applicant's request for rezoning all 12.87 acres of the Clay Property from R-80 to R-20 through CSP-20007.
Given the environmental and historical significance of this parcel, upzoning without mandating adequate onsite forest conservation as well as measures to ensure appropriate transitions in density and height and to mitigate adverse impacts on surrounding residential communities and historic resources would conflict with several key policies of the Prince George's Plaza Transit District Development Plan (TDDP) and Countywide Green Infrastructure Plan.
Expanding access to wooded parkland and preserving historic specimen trees on the Clay Property would not only mitigate the impacts of deforestation on habitat loss, water quality degradation, and flooding exacerbated by climate change; it would substantially improve the quality of life for current and future Hyattsville residents.
Should the County approve the rezoning request for the Clay Property, the City of Hyattsville believes the following measures would better align the Conceptual Site Plan (CSP) with City and County goals as expressed through the TDDP and Green Infrastructure Plan:
1. The County shall require that at least four (4) total acres of conserved forest on the site, including the buffer for the Ash Hill Historic site, be dedicated as park land.
2. The County shall require the applicant to configure the site boundaries and egress so as to save the 13 Specimen trees evaluated in fair or good condition on the eastern, southeastern, and southwestern edges of the property...
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