Politics & Government
Meeting Preview: A Vote to Expand Historic District
University Park officials will vote over expanding the town's historic district plan, as well as on committee assignments.
University Park's mayor and town council will convene tonight at 7:30 p.m. for a council meeting in the media center at University Park Elementary School. The public is encouraged to attend.
In addition to new committee assignments, the council is expected to discuss and vote over a motion to approve an updated version of the town's historic district plan.
According to documents, the expansion consists of thirteen subdivisions dating back to as far as 1938, and "reflects the nationwide changes from the pre-war years through the mid-twentieth century as residential building forms, styles, and materials reacted to significant events, such as changes in modes of transportation, the effects of World War II, and the burgeoning populace of Prince George's County."
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Specifically, the the new boundary would include "properties fronting on both sides of Wells Parkway, north of Queens Chapel Road to Van Buren Street, and extends westwards, filling in the tract of land between Adelphi Road, on the western border, and Wells Parkway, to the north."
Patch will publish a story about this meeting come Tuesday morning.