* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
Introduced by: Councilmember Middleton
At the request of: CVP Cross Keys Holdings, LLC
Address: c/o Ryan J. Potter, Esquire, Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP, 218 North Charles Street, Suite 400, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Telephone: 410- 951-1404
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
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Planned Unit Development - Village of Cross Keys
For the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for the Village of Cross Keys Planned Unit Development and approving a new Development Plan for the Village of Cross Keys Planned Unit Development.
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By authority of
Article 32 - Zoning
Section 5-201(a) and Title 13
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
By Ordinance 72-38, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore approved the application of The Village of Cross Keys, Incorporated, to have certain property generally bounded by Falls Road on the east, Poly-Western High School on the south, the Jones Falls Expressway on the west, and a boundary line south of Northern Parkway on the north, to have the property designated as a Residential Planned Unit Development and approved the Development Plan submitted by the applicant.
The current applicant, CVP Cross Keys Holdings, LLC, wishes to rescind Ordinance 72-38 and replace the existing Development Plan, with a new one.
On June 25, 2020, representatives of the applicant met with the Department of Planning for a preliminary conference, to explain the scope and nature of the proposed new Development Plan.
The representatives of the applicant have now applied to the Baltimore City Council for approval of the replacement Planned Unit Development, which is intended to satisfy the requirements of Title 13 of the Baltimore City Zoning Code.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That Ordinance 72-38 is repealed.
Section 2. And be it further ordained, That the Mayor and City Council approves the replacement of the Planned Unit Development and approves the new Development Plan submitted by the Developer, as attached to and made part of this Ordinance, including Sheet 1, “Existing Conditions Plan”, dated July 14, 2020; Sheet 2, “PUD Master Plan”, dated July 14, 2020; and Sheet 3, “Landscape Concept Plan”, dated July 14, 2020.
Section 3. And be it further ordained, That all plans for the construction of permanent improvements on the property are subject to final design approval by the Planning Commission to insure that the plans are consistent with the Development Plan and this Ordinance.
Section 4. And be it further ordained, That the Planning Department may determine what constitutes minor or major modifications to the Plan in accordance with the Baltimore City Zoning Code.
Section 5. And be it further ordained, That as evidence of the authenticity of the accompanying Development Plan and in order to give notice to the agencies that administer the City Zoning Ordinance: (i) when the City Council passes this Ordinance, the President of the City Council shall sign the Development Plan; (ii) when the Mayor approves this Ordinance, the Mayor shall sign the Development Plan; and (iii) the Director of Finance then shall transmit a copy of this Ordinance and the Development Plan to the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals, the Planning Commission, the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development, the Supervisor of Assessments for Baltimore City, and the Zoning Administrator.
Section 6. And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.