# Sec. 20A-205. Districts established through the adoption of an Area Master Plan

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 20A-205. Districts established through the adoption of an Area Master Plan

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 20A-205 (2026)

(a) A Transportation Demand Management District may be established by the Council through the approval of an Area Master Plan, based on existing and projected levels of service of transportation facilities, specifically intersections and interchanges.

(b) To establish a TDMD through approval of an Area Master Plan, the Planning Board shall, during its review of the Master Plan, direct Planning Department staff to prepare a Transportation System Capacity Analysis. This analysis shall include the proposed employment and population forecasts of the Area Master Plan, or the Adopted Cooperative Forecast, and the transportation network of the Area Master Plan. The analysis may be conducted for all or a portion of the Master Plan study area where excess traffic generation will result from specific nodes of development activity, such as around areas targeted for redevelopment, METRO stations, or freeway interchanges. The area shall be no larger than that deemed necessary to maintain an adequate level of service as defined in the Guidelines. Particular attention shall be paid to the fringes of proposed districts in order to insure that no inequities occur.

(c) When the Transportation System Capacity Analysis indicates a probable imbalance between travel demand generated by existing and proposed land uses in relation to planned capacity of the transportation network, the Planning Board may recommend to the Council that a Transportation Demand Management District be established to help achieve the desired balance.

(d) Following consultation with the Transportation Demand Management Technical Advisory Committee, the Planning Board may recommend the establishment of a TDMD to the Council. The recommendation shall be forwarded to the Council with all other considerations and recommendations for the approval of the Area Master Plan. At a minimum, this recommendation shall include the following information:

  (1) Findings of fact;

  (2) Specific boundaries of the proposed TDMD;

  (3) Goals and objectives of the proposed TDMD;

  (4) Specific requirements, if any; and

  (5) One of the following mechanisms for implementation of the proposed TDMD:

    (A) The provisions would be automatically implemented when 20% or more of the interchange and arterial intersections within the TDMD, which are examined annually, begin to operate at Level-of-Service E (LOS E), as defined in the Guidelines;

    (B) The provisions would be automatically implemented when 10% or more of the arterial intersections and interchanges within the TDMD begin to operate at Level-of-Service F (LOS F), as defined in the Guidelines, whichever situation develops first; or,

    (C) The Council, at its discretion, may choose to implement the provisions at any time prior to the occurrence of the events described above.

(e) The Council shall consider the recommendation of the Planning Board to establish a TDMD during its deliberations on the Area Master Plan. Following approval of the Master Plan, the Council may establish, by Council Resolution, the proposed TDMD.

(f) An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the full Council shall be necessary to establish a TDMD if any municipality in which the proposed district is located is in opposition to the establishment of the district.

(g) Within ninety (90) days of the establishment of the TDMD, the Council shall notify all property owners to whom the requirements of the TDMD are applicable, and indicate that these parties shall comply with the objectives of trip reduction, or show cause why such compliance is not required. The notification shall include a statement of goals and objectives of trip reduction, identification of the TDMD's boundaries, names and addresses of contact persons within the TDMTAC, dates of the initiation of the TDMPs, and required dates of submission for compliance reports.