County Council, November 18, 2025
Approves CB-101-2025 Homeownership Equity Program, 9-0
How this board votes
The County Council approved 96% of 273 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Sydney Harrison (13 of 160 recorded votes).
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See the full board record, member by memberWhat happened
The Prince George's County Council unanimously (7-0) enacted CB-97-2025, repealing the county's decades-old pit bull ban and replacing it with a breed-neutral regulatory framework requiring special permits, microchipping, and stricter leash/dangerous-dog rules.
- Jurisdiction
- Prince George's County, MD
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- November 18, 2025
- Decisions
- 35 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 9-0
Projects in this meeting (2)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsRestricting Quick Service Restaurants with Drive-Through Service
Approved 6-3Reconciling Zoning
Approved 5-6Free sample: decision 1 of 35
Confirmation of Jonathan Butler as Director of Housing and Community Development
Council confirmed Jonathan Butler, recommended by the county executive, as Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development. Butler was favorably recommended out of PHED on 11/06/2025 and confirmed 11-0.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Prince George's County Council unanimously (7-0) enacted CB-97-2025, repealing the county's decades-old pit bull ban and replacing it with a breed-neutral regulatory framework requiring special permits, microchipping, and stricter leash/dangerous-dog rules.
Key Decisions (35)
Confirmation of Jonathan Butler as Director of Housing and Community Development
CB-97-2025 Animal Control / Pit Bull Ban Repeal
CR-141-2025 Universal Design for Housing Implementation Date Extension (introduction)
CB-43-2025 Amending Uses Permitted in CGO Zone
CB-15-2024 Reconciling Zoning Ordinance (Amendment 15 vote)
CB-69-2025 Restricting Quick Service Restaurants with Drive-Through Service
CB-77-2025 County Use and Occupancy Permits / Municipality Notification
CB-81-2025 Animal Welfare Advisory Committee
CB-84-2025 Senior Protections and Door-to-Door Solicitations
CB-87-2025 National Board Certified Teacher Incentive Program Match
CB-88-2025 Locally Owned and Operated Business Act
CB-89-2025 Year Round Jobs Program for Underserved Youth
CB-94-2025 Amendment of Correctional Officers Collective Bargaining Agreement
CB-92-2025 Flagship Project Overlay Zone Subdivision Regulations (NOT voted)
CB-98-2025 Supplementary Appropriations
CB-107-2025 County Personnel (amended)
CB-104-2025 Enforcement and Referral to Board of Ethics (amended)
CB-99-2025 Critical Worker Housing Assistance Program
CB-100-2025 Enhancement of County Procurement Practices
CB-101-2025 Homeownership Equity Program
CB-102-2025 Sick Leave Legal Protections
CB-103-2025 Declaring County Rural Property Surplus
CR-92-2025 Feasibility Study of County-Owned Grocery Store Pilot
CR-109-2025 Adequate Public Safety Response Time Task Force
CR-110-2025 Support for the Creative Industry
CR-113-2025 Correctional Officer Salary Schedule Amendment
CR-125-2025 Domestic Violence Work Group
CR-134-2025 Stop Sign Monitoring Systems, Town of Forest Heights
CR-142-2025 Acting Director of Office of Law
CR-143-2025 Acting Director of Office of Human Resources Management
CR-144-2025 Acting Director of Office of Human Rights
CR-145-2025 Acting Director of Office of Central Services
CR-140-2025 Civil Rights Monument Commission
CR-118-2025 PILOT Agreement for Fort Washington by Vintage
FY26-28 Local Impact Grant Multiyear Spending Plan Letter
Development Activity (4)
Fort Washington by Vintage
Residential
Sage Ventures CGO property at Lanham-Severn Road and Reienville Road
Residential
Center Park Three office park redevelopment
Commercial
Six Flags flagship site redevelopment
Mixed-Use
Market Signals (6)
Housing Demand
County executive cited over half a billion dollars invested in…
Commercial Demand
Testimony noted more than 49,000 approved-but-unbuilt residential units and nearly…
Sentiment
Multiple residents and business owners testified they refuse to move…
Who Spoke (58)
On the record: the chair, the mayor, 9 councilmembers, 3 staff members, 2 attorneys, the applicant's representative, 2 witnesses, and 34 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 1 of 1 land-use forecast on this agenda.
This season: 0 of 3 (0%) forecasts called in this county.
AN ACT CONCERNING FLAGSHIP PROJECT OVERLAY ZONE for the purpose of regulating the… subdivision
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING USE REGULATIONS - PERMITTED USES - QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS WITH… conditional use permit
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