§ 27A-207. Urban Neighborhoods.

(a)

An Urban Neighborhood is the basic building block for all UC Districts.

(b)

An Urban Neighborhood shall consist of a minimum of twenty (20) adjacent acres and a maximum of one hundred (100) adjacent acres. Notwithstanding this requirement, Urban Neighborhoods within the UC-4 District may be a minimum of five (5) acres in size if, in the approval of the Regulating Plan, the District Council finds that the Urban Neighborhood:

(1)

Conforms with the requirements of this Subtitle; and

(2)

Meets the goals, objectives, policies, and strategies of the General Plan and the applicable master plan or sector plan.

(c)

An Urban Neighborhood is made up of an interconnected network of Streets and Blocks, with an allocation of Building Envelope Standards and public spaces.

(d)

An Urban Neighborhood is typically bounded and physically defined by major Streets (as specified in Section 27A-503), roadways, and parks or other Regulated Environmental Features. Streets within the Urban Neighborhood shall be a neighborhood Street (as specified in Section 27A-503), except as provided for in Section 27A-305.

(e)

Streets which are proposed for County maintenance under Subtitle 23 shall be designed to the applicable standards contained in the Prince George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation Specifications and Standards for Design of Roadways and Bridges (hereinafter referred to as "County roadway standards"). Improvements to roadways in the State highway system shall be designed to the applicable standards of the Maryland Department of Transportation (hereinafter referred to as "MDOT standards").

(f)

Urban Neighborhoods that cannot meet the minimum area criteria due to the presence of existing Regulated Environmental Features may be permitted within a UC District; however, every reasonable Street/pedestrian network connection shall be made to an adjacent, complete Urban Neighborhood. Not more than one incomplete Urban Neighborhood is permitted per every three full Urban Neighborhoods within a UC District.

(g)

Where an existing neighborhood is being 'retro-fitted' into an UC District, the District Council may consider how the new portions of the Regulating Plan, in concert with the incorporated existing development, satisfy the definition and standards for an Urban Neighborhood. Standards for retrofitting an existing neighborhood are addressed in Section 27A-305.

(CB-1-2010)