Prince George's County, MD Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Density Bonus Law (2026)

The base trade-off comes first: Sec. 13-250 requires an MPDU agreement providing moderately priced units equal to at least 10% of the market-rate units in the development, built on-site at the same pace as the market units unless the Director approves an alternate location, and no preliminary subdivision plan, final plat, or building permit can be approved without that signed agreement. In exchange, Sec. 13-254(b) grants a density bonus for for-sale housing of 20% above the maximum otherwise permitted in the zone, conditioned on the development complying with all of Title 27, the Zoning Ordinance.

Sec. 13-254(c) adds a waiver of up to 50% of the detailed site plan, preliminary subdivision plan, and single-family building permit fees, and Sec. 13-254(d) provides expedited review of the final plat and building permit applications. Sec. 13-251 offers an alternative path: the Director can approve paying 3% of each market-rate unit's sale price into the CHOICE Special Revenue Fund instead of building some or all of the MPDUs, but only after finding that high common ownership community fees would make the required units unaffordable to eligible buyers, or that building off-site elsewhere better serves the county's housing goals. Sec. 13-254 was rewritten by CB-075-2025.