EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Housing and Community Development
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Urban Renewal - Middle East - Amendment __
FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Middle East to reauthorize the acquisition of properties within the Project Area and to remove certain properties from the list in Appendix D; 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 Middle East was originally approved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by Ordinance 79-1202 and last amended by Ordinance 11-563.
An amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan for Middle East is necessary to reauthorize the Plan's powers of acquisition and condemnation so that these actions may legally continue, in compliance with § 12-105.1 of the Real Property Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and to remove certain properties from the list in Appendix D.
Under Article 13, § 2-6 of the Baltimore City Code, no 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 changes in the Urban Renewal Plan for Middle East are approved:
(1) In the Plan, amend C.1.e. to read as follows:
C. Techniques Used to Achieve Plan Objectives
1. Acquisition
. . . .
e. The authority to acquire the Properties within the Project Area is expressly confirmed and reauthorized through and including [December 31, 2014] DECEMBER 31, 2018.
(2) In the Plan, in Appendix D, delete the following from the list of properties:
115. 2100 Ashland Avenue
116. 2106 Ashland Avenue
117. 2108 Ashland Avenue
118. 2110 Ashland Avenue
119. 2112 Ashland Avenue
120. 2114 Ashland Avenue
121. 2116 Ashland Avenue
122. 2118 Ashland Avenue
123. 2120 Ashland Avenue
124. 2122 Ashland Avenue
125. 2124 Ashland Avenue
126. 2126 Ashland Avenue
128. 2202 Ashland Avenue
130. 2204 Ashland Avenue
132. 2206 Ashland Avenue
134. 2208 Ashland Avenue
136. 2210 Ashland Avenue
138. 2212 Ashland Avenue
139. 2214 Ashland Avenue
140. 2216 Ashland Avenue
141. 2218 Ashland Avenue
142. 2220 Ashland Avenue
711. 901 North Chester Street
713. 905 North Chester Street
715. 907 North Chester Street
717. 909 North Chester Street
719. 911 North Chester Street
723. 915 North Chester Street
725. 917 North Chester Street
727 919 North Chester Street
729. 921 North Chester Street
731. 923 North Chester Street
733. 925 North Chester Street
735. 927 North Chester Street
737. 929 North Chester Street
739. 931 North Chester Street
741. 933 North Chester Street
743. 935 North Chester Street
745. 937 North Chester Street
747. 939 North Chester Street
749. 941 North Chester Street
751. 943 North Chester Street
753. 945 North Chester Street
755. 947 North Chester Street
757. 949 North Chester Street
759. 951 North Chester Street
761. 953 North Chester Street
763. 955 North Chester Street
765. 957 North Chester Street
767. 959 North Chester Street
769. 961 North Chester Street
771. 963 North Chester Street
773. 965 North Chester Street
775. 967 North Chester Street
777. 969 North Chester Street
778. 971 North Chester Street
840. 901 North Collington Avenue
841. 903 North Collington Avenue
842. 905 North Collington Avenue
843. 907 North Collington Avenue
844. 909 North Collington Avenue
845. 911 North Collington Avenue
846. 913 North Collington Avenue
847. 914 North Collington Avenue
848. 915 North Collington Avenue
849. 916 North Collington Avenue
850. 917 North Collington Avenue
851. 918 North Collington Avenue
852. 919 North Collington Avenue
853. 920 North Collington Avenue
854. 921 North Collington Avenue
855. 922 North Collington Avenue
856. 923 North Collington Avenue
857. 924 North Collington Avenue
858. 925 North Collington Avenue
859. 926 North Collington Avenue
860. 927 North Collington Avenue
861. 928 North Collington Avenue
862. 929 North Collington Avenue
863. 930 North Collington Avenue
864. 931 North Collington Avenue
865. 932 North Collington Avenue
866. 933 North Collington Avenue
867. 934 North Collington Avenue
868. 935 North Collington Avenue
869. 936 North Collington Avenue
870. 937 North Collington Avenue
871. 938 North Collington Avenue
872. 939 North Collington Avenue
873. 940 North Collington Avenue
874. 941 North Collington Avenue
875. 942 North Collington Avenue
876. 943 North Collington Avenue
877. 944 North Collington Avenue
878. 945 North Collington Avenue
879. 946 North Collington Avenue
880. 947 North Collington Avenue
881. 948 North Collington Avenue
882. 949 North Collington Avenue
883. 950 North Collington Avenue
885. 956 North Collington Avenue
886. 957 North Collington Avenue
887. 958 North Collington Avenue
888. 959 North Collington Avenue
889. 960 North Collington Avenue
890. 961 North Collington Avenue
891. 962 North Collington Avenue
892. 963 North Collington Avenue
893. 964 North Collington Avenue
894. 965 North Collington Avenue
895. 966 North Collington Avenue
896. 967 North Collington Avenue
897. 968 North Collington Avenue
898. 969 North Collington Avenue
899. 970 North Collington Avenue
900. 971 North Collington Avenue
946. 901 North Duncan Street
948. 903 North Duncan Street
950. 905 North Duncan Street
952. 907 North Duncan Street
956. 911 North Duncan Street
957. 913 North Duncan Street
959. 915 North Duncan Street
960. 916 North Duncan Street
961. 917 North Duncan Street
962. 918 North Duncan Street
964. 920 North Duncan Street
965. 921 North Duncan Street
966. 922 North Duncan Street
968. 924 North Duncan Street
970. 926 North Duncan Street
971. 927 North Duncan Street
972. 928 North Duncan Street
973. 929 North Duncan Street
975. 931 North Duncan Street
976. 932 North Duncan Street
977. 933 North Duncan Street
983. 939 North Duncan Street
984. 940 North Duncan Street
986. 942 North Duncan Street
987. 944 North Duncan Street
989. 948 North Duncan Street
990. 950 North Duncan Street
991. 951 North Duncan Street
993. 953 North Duncan Street
994. 954 North Duncan Street
1295. 2200 East Eager Street
1296. 2201 East Eager Street
1297. 2202 East Eager Street
1303. 2208 East Eager Street
1304. 2210 East Eager Street
1307. 2216 East Eager Street
1308. 2218 East Eager Street
1311. 2224 East Eager Street
1312. 2226 East Eager Street
1313. 2228 East Eager Street
1315. 2232 East Eager Street
1445. 901 North Madeira Street
1447. 903 North Madeira Street
1448. 904 North Madeira Street
1449. 905 North Madeira Street
1450. 906 North Madeira Street
1451. 907 North Madeira Street
1452. 908 North Madeira Street
1453. 909 North Madeira Street
1455. 911 North Madeira Street
1456. 912 North Madeira Street
1457. 913 North Madeira Street
1462. 918 North Madeira Street
1464. 920 North Madeira Street
1467. 923 North Madeira Street
1468. 924 North Madeira Street
1469. 925 North Madeira Street
1470. 926 North Madeira Street
1471. 927 North Madeira Street
1472. 928 North Madeira Street
1473. 929 North Madeira Street
1474. 930 North Madeira Street
1475. 931 North Madeira Street
1476. 932 North Madeira Street
1477. 933 North Madeira Street
1478. 934 North Madeira Street
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the Urban Renewal Plan for Middle East, as amended by this Ordinance and identified as "Urban Renewal Plan, Middle East, revised to include Amendment __, dated June 2, 2014", 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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