Applicable Codes
Design and construction of Site/Road infrastructure shall comply with the following codes, standards, manuals and design guidelines for Prince George's County.
Site/Road Codes
- Prince George's County Code Part II, Title 17, Subtitle 32 – Water Resources Protection & Grading Code
- Prince George's County Code Part II, Title 17, Subtitle 23 – Roads and Sidewalks
- Prince George's County Code Part II, Title 17, Subtitle 24 – Subdivisions
- Prince George's County Code Part II, Title 17, Subtitle 27 – Zoning
- Prince George's County Code Part II, Title 17, Subtitle 25 – Trees and Vegetation
Site/Road Standards and Manuals
- Prince George's County, "DPWT Specifications and Standards for Roadways and Bridges" – Latest Edition
- Prince George's County, "Stormwater Management Design Manual" and Appendices – Latest Edition
- Prince George's County DER (DoE), "Standard Details for Stormwater Management Construction" – January 2001
- Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), "2000 Maryland Stormwater Design Manual," with 2009 supplements
- Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), "2011 Maryland Standards and Specifications for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control"
- Prince George's Soil Conservation District, "Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Pond Safety Reference Manual" – July 2013
- Prince George's County DPWT, Design Manual for Small Wireless Facilities (PDF) – January 2020
- Prince George's County DPWT, County Culvert Standards 2020-04-08 (PDF) – March 2020
Techno-grams
In addition, the County issues techno-grams and bulletins to update and/or clarify design requirements. The site/road related techno-grams are as follows:
- 001-2025 Specifications and Standards for Sidewalk Ramps
- 004-2024 Urban Street Design Standards
- 002-2024 Site/Road Construction Price List
- 001-2024 Prior Zoning Ordinance — Grandfathered Projects
- 004-2023 Pollutant Loading Calculations
- 003-2023 Revised Recycled Concrete Aggregate
- 002-2023 Polypropylene Pipe
- 001-2023 DPW&T New Development LED Street Lighting
- 003-2022 Roadway Underdrains
- 002-2022 Signing and Sealing Permit Documents (Electronic Signatures)
- 001-2022 Rational Method Runoff Coefficient C Factors and New Zoning
- 002-2021 Retaining Walls — Revised (Reference corresponding document, "Declaration of Easement for Retaining Wall(s) - SAMPLE.")
- 001-2021 Topsoil Certification
- 004-2020 Floodplain Requirements and Procedures
- 003-2020 Site Plan Requirement
- 002-2020 Site Road ePlan Revisions
- 001-2020 Site Road Sheet Naming Convention
- 002-2019 Revised 100-Year Stormwater Management Quantity Control
- 001-2019 Required Stormwater Management for Redevelopment Projects
- 008-2018 Revised Streamlined Processing for Residential and Commercial Infill Lots
- 006-2018 Single Lot As-Built Procedures for SWM Best Practices on Residential Lots
- 005-2018 Geotechnical Guidelines for Soil Investigations and Reports
- 004-2018 Revised Geotechnical Requirements for Stormwater Management Devices
- 003-2018 Third-Party Inspection Program – Residential (TPIP-R) Construction
- 002-2018 Roadway Improvements in Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) Rights-of-Way
- 001-2018 Establish Standards for Residential Three-Car Front-Entry Garage Driveways and Driveway Aprons and to Clarify Residential Driveway Spacing Requirements
- 001-2017 Required Automatic Sprinklers for Family Daycare
- 007-2016 Revised Application of 24-Hour Rainfall Intensity of 8.5 inches versus 7.4 inches in Computing Discharge for 100-year Storm Events
- 005-2016 Setting Basement Elevation above the Groundwater Table
- 004-2016 Revised Grandfathering of Stormwater Management Approvals
- 003-2016 Construction Cost and Associated Permit Fees for Private Storm Drainage and Stormwater Management Systems
- 002-2016 Grandfathering of Stormwater Management Approvals
- 001-2016 Required Stormwater Management for Redevelopment Projects per Prince George's County Code, Section 32-175(c)
- 001-2013 Changes for Plan Submittal