EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
* 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 Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Urban Renewal - Canton Waterfront - Amendment _
FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Canton Waterfront to allow, in a certain portion of the Canton Waterfront Renewal Area, freestanding signs and to provide for the standards for them; and to conform certain language; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
BY authority of
Article 13 - Housing and Urban Renewal
Section 2-6
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
The Urban Renewal Plan for Canton Waterfront was originally approved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by Ordinance 84-80 and last amended by Ordinance 00-105.
An amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan for Canton Waterfront is necessary to allow, in a certain portion of the Canton Waterfront Renewal Area, freestanding signs and to provide for the standards for them, and to conform certain language.
Under Article 13, § 2-6 of the Baltimore City Code, no substantial change may be made in any approved renewal plan unless the change is approved in the same manner as that required for the approval of a renewal plan.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the following change in the Urban Renewal Plan for Canton Waterfront is approved:
(1) In the Plan, amend B.2.a.(1)(d) to read as follows:
(d) (I) Except as otherwise provided in specific lot controls, no sign [shall] MAY extend above the roof line or parapet wall of the building to which it is attached; no sign [shall] MAY project more than 12 inches from the building to which it is attached. No [free-standing signs shall be] FREESTANDING SIGN IS permitted EXCEPT IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS LOCATED AT 2700-3100 O'DONNELL STREET (O'DONNELL SQUARE) AND 2400 BOSTON STREET. THE FREESTANDING SIGN IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
1. 1 FREESTANDING SIGN MAY BE PLACED ON THE SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THE BUSINESS' PRIMARY BUILDING AND MUST STAND ENTIRELY WITHIN THE BUSINESS' LOT LINE.
2. THE SIGN MUST BE AN A-FRAME.
3. THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE FREESTANDING SIGN IS 5 FEET, AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH IS 3 FEET.
4. THE SIGN MAY NOT HAVE LIGHTING, ANIMATION, OR REQUIRE THE USE OF ELECTRICITY OR ANOTHER ENERGY SOURCE.
5. THE SIGN MAY REMAIN OUTSIDE ONLY DURING THE BUSINESS' HOURS OF OPERATION.
(II) No animated or pulsating signs [shall be] ARE permitted. The total area of exterior signs for each building [shall] MAY not exceed in gross area [one (1)] 1 foot times the street frontage, in feet, of the building except that signs not exceeding [six (6)] 6 square feet in area erected for the purpose of directing motorists to the entrance or exit points of off-street parking areas [shall be] ARE permitted when attached to a fence, screening wall or building wall and [shall] ARE not [be] included in the total area calculated for exterior signs.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the Urban Renewal Plan for Canton Waterfront, as amended by this Ordinance and identified as "Urban Renewal Plan, Canton Waterfront, revised to include Amendment _, dated August 14, 2006", is approved. The Department of Planning shall file a copy of the amended Urban Renewal Plan with the Department of Legislative Reference as a permanent public record, available for public inspection and information.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That if the amended Urban Renewal Plan approved by this Ordinance in any way fails to meet the statutory requirements for the content of a renewal plan or for the procedures for the preparation, adoption, and approval of a renewal plan, those requirements are waived and the amended Urban Renewal Plan approved by this Ordinance is exempted from them.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That if any provision of this Ordinance or the application of this Ordinance to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, the invalidity does not affect any other provision or any other application of this Ordinance, and for this purpose the provisions of this Ordinance are declared severable.
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That if a provision of this Ordinance concerns the same subject as a provision of any zoning, building, electrical, plumbing, health, fire, or safety law or regulation, the applicable provisions shall be construed to give effect to each. However, if the provisions are found to be in irreconcilable conflict, the one that establishes the higher standard for the protection of the public health and safety prevails. If a provision of this Ordinance is found to be in conflict with an existing provision of any other law or regulation that establishes a lower standard for the protection of the public health and safety, the provision of this Ordinance prevails and the other conflicting provision is repealed to the extent of the conflict.
SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.
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