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
Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals - Public Hearings
FOR the purpose of requiring notice of public hearings by the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals to be posted on the subject property; requiring the Board to schedule certain public hearings to start after a certain time; and generally relating to hearings by the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article - Zoning
Section(s) 2-114(a) and (d)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Revised Code
Article - Zoning
§ 2-114. Public hearings.
(a) Scheduling, notices, decision.
The Board must:
(1) fix a reasonable time and place for the public hearing of an application, appeal, or other matter;
(2) give notice of the hearing to the parties in interest;
(3) give public notice of the hearing;
(4) REQUIRE THE APPLICANT, APPELLANT, OR OTHER PERSON INITIATING THE HEARING TO POST THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AT LEAST 15 DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING, WITH A NOTICE OF THE TIME, PLACE, AND PURPOSE OF THE HEARING; and
(5) [(4)] decide the matter within a reasonable time after the hearing.
(d) Hearings to be public.
(1) All hearings of the Board must be open to the public.
(2) IN ANY CALENDAR MONTH DURING WHICH THE BOARD CONDUCTS ONE OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, AT LEAST ONE SESSION OF HEARINGS MUST BE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AFTER 6 P.M.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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