PG county proposes moratorium on new townhomes

[IVmyman]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

There's more to infrastructure than roads. Electricity, gas service (yeah I know, gas appliance are going to be illegal soon), water and sewer and school capacity come to mind right off the bat.

Developers build townhouses because of the density, more units on less land.

i meant around the metro stations there needs to denser housing than townhomes. Like condos or high rise apartments...

[908Boi]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Might be a good idea, sounds fairly sensible


On Tuesday, a bill is being introduced in the county council that would put a two-year pause on future townhouse developments that would be built outside of what the county defines as transit hubs.

“It’s really about less sprawl and right now Prince George’s County has a lot of sprawl,” said Blegay. The goal of her bill is to encourage denser developments, such as new townhouse communities to focus on areas like the Blue Line corridor where there’s already Metro and other planned infrastructure improvements to accommodate the planned revitalization.

“That’s where we need the denser development, that’s how we’re going to get the retail we want,” she said.

The bill won’t stop construction outside of transit-oriented hubs. Instead, developers would have to focus on building single-family homes instead.

The two-year pause is “not forever,” she made sure to mention, and the issue will be looked at again in 2025, so the impact of the bill can be assessed.

Originally Posted by G1..

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The bill doesn’t do anything to address sprawl or incentive dense construction by metro stations . It would just allow more SFH outside the beltway (suburban sprawl)

[Woodlands]

Does Prince George's charge developers any type of impact fees?

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by 908Boi

The bill doesn’t do anything to address sprawl or incentive dense construction by metro stations . It would just allow more SFH outside the beltway (suburban sprawl)

Which is one of the markers of having "made it".

They may run into State issues with the sprawl. What will stop that will be the required sewer tiering that was done about ten years ago.