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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 Public Works)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
City Streets - Closing - A Portion of Monroe Street
FOR the purpose of condemning and closing a portion of Monroe Street, contiguous to the southwest side thereof and extending from Reisterstown Road, southeasterly 253.5 feet, more or less, as shown on Plat 346-A-60A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
BY authority of
Article I - General Provisions
Section 4
and
Article II - General Powers
Sections 2, 34, 35
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Department of Public Works shall proceed to condemn and close a portion of Monroe Street, contiguous to the southwest side thereof and extending from Reisterstown Road, southeasterly 253.5 feet, more or less, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning for Parcel No. 1 at the point formed by the intersection of the southwest side of Reisterstown Road, 95 feet wide, and the west side of Monroe Street, varying in width, and having a coordinate value of East 1,410,861.811 feet and North 601,422.273 feet, and running thence through the bed of said Monroe Street, the seven following courses and distances; namely, by a tangent arc curving to the right with a radius of 152.80 feet the distance of 37.18 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing, South 36? 40' 39" East 37.09 feet, South 29? 42' 26" East 35.66 feet, South 48? 01' 49" East 14.37 feet, South 25? 36' 34" East 19.49 feet, South 19? 44' 17" East 95.03 feet, by a tangent arc curving to the right with a radius of 125.00 feet the distance of 43.64 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing, South 09? 44' 09" East 43.42 feet and South 00? 16' 00" West 8.41 feet to intersect the west side of said Monroe Street, and thence binding on the west side of said Monroe Street, the six following courses and distances; namely, by a tangent arc curving to the left with a radius of 119.00 feet the distance of
66.98 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing, North 15? 51' 31" West 66.10 feet, by a tangent arc curving to the left with a radius of 474.00 feet the distance of 96.49 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing North 37? 48' 56" West 96.32 feet, North 43? 38' 49" West 27.00 feet, North 46? 21' 07" East 26.00 feet, North 12? 29' 33" West 19.78 feet and by a tangent arc curving to the left with a radius of 67.69 feet the distance of 36.81 feet which arc is subtended by a chord bearing North 28? 04' 13" West 36.36 feet to the place of beginning.
All courses, distances and coordinates in the above description are referred to the true meridian as adopted by the State of Maryland NAD 83/91 Datum.
As delineated on Plat 346-A-60A, prepared by the Survey Control Section and filed on December 24, 2007, in the Office of the Department of Public Works.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the proceedings for the condemnation and closing of a portion of Monroe Street and the rights of all interested parties shall be regulated by and in accordance with all applicable provisions of state and local law and with all applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Director of Public Works and filed with the Department of Legislative Reference.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That after the closing under this Ordinance, all subsurface structures and appurtenances now owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore continue to be the property of the Mayor and City Council, in fee simple, until their use has been abandoned by the Mayor and City Council. If any person wants to remove, alter, or interfere with them, that person must first obtain permission from the Mayor and City Council and, in the application for this permission, must agree to pay all costs and expenses, of every kind, arising out of the removal, alteration, or interference.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That no building or structure of any kind (including but not limited to railroad tracks) may be constructed or erected in or on any part of the street closed under this Ordinance until all subsurface structures and appurtenances owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore have been abandoned by the Mayor and City Council or, at the expense of the person seeking to erect the building or structure, have been removed and relaid in accordance with the specifications and under the direction of the Director of Public Works of Baltimore City.
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That after the closing under this Ordinance, all subsurface structures and appurtenances owned by any person other than the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall be removed by and at the expense of their owners, promptly upon notice to do so from the Director of Public Works.
SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That at all times after the closing under this Ordinance, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, acting by or through its authorized representatives, shall have access to the subject property and to all subsurface structures and appurtenances used by the Mayor and City Council, for the purpose of inspecting, maintaining, repairing, altering, relocating, or replacing any of them, without need to obtain permission from or pay compensation to the owner of the property.
SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.
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