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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: Councilmember Ramos
At the request of: MCB Charles Village LLC
Address: c/o Caroline L. Hecker, Esq.
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP
25 S. Charles St., Suite 21st Fl., Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Telephone: (410) 727-6600
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment - North Charles Village
For the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the North Charles Village Planned Unit Development.
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By authority of
Article - Zoning
Section 5-201(a) and Title 13, Subtitles 3 and 4
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
By Ordinance 96-35, as amended by Ordinances 03-639 and 07-629, the Mayor and City Council (i) approved the application of the owners of certain properties located generally within the area bounded by 33rd Street on the north, Hargrove Alley on the east, 30th Street on the sounth, and Charles Street on the west, consisting of 12 acres, more or less, designated as a Residential Planned Unit Development and (ii) approved the Development Plan submitted by the applicant.
MCB Charles Village LLC (the “Applicant”), developer of the properties known as 3115-3119 Saint Paul Street and 3121 Saint Paul Street (collectively, the “Property”), wishes to amend the Development Plan, as previously approved by the Mayor and City Council, to modify the allowable height of a certain structure within the Planned Unit.
On March 23, 2022, representatives of the Applicant met with the Department of Planning for a preliminary conference to explain the scope and nature of the proposed amendments to the Development Plan.
The representatives of the Applicant have now applied to the Baltimore City Council for approval of the amendment, and they have submitted an amendment to the Development Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 5-201(a) and Title 13, Subtitles 3 and 4 of the Baltimore City Zoning Code.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Mayor and City Council approves the amendment to the Development Plan submitted by the Applicant, as attached to and made part of this Ordinance, including Sheet 3, “Illustrative Preliminary Build-Out Plan” dated October 2023, which shall supersede any previous version of Sheet 3, “Illustrative Preliminary Build-Out-Plan”, which was referenced in Section 1 of Ordinance 03-639.
Section 2. 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 3. And be it further ordained, That as evidence of the authenticity of the accompanying amended 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 amended Development Plan; (ii) when the Mayor approves this Ordinance, the Mayor shall sign the amended Development Plan; and (iii) the Director of Finance then shall transmit a copy of this Ordinance and the amended 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 4. And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.