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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of General Services)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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City Streets - Closing - Certain Alleys Bounded by Riverside Road, Levin Road, and Meadow Road
FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain alleys bounded by Riverside Road, Levin Road, and Meadow Road, as shown on Plat 347-A-74A in the Office of the Department of General Services; and providing for a special effective date.
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BY authority of
Article I - General Provisions
Section 4
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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 certain alleys bounded by Riverside Road, Levin Road, and Meadow Road, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning for Parcel No. 1 at the point formed by the intersection of the south side of Riverside Road, 50 feet wide, and the northwest side of a 10-foot alley laid out in the rear of the property known as No. 121 Riverside Road, said point of beginning being distant easterly 141.7 feet, more or less, measured along the south side of said Riverside Road from the southeast side of said Riverside Road, and running thence binding on the south side of said Riverside Road Easterly 11.4 feet, more or less, to intersect the southeast side of said 10-foot alley; thence binding on the southeast side of said 10-foot alley Southwesterly 147.2 feet, more or less, to intersect the line of the southwest side of a 10-foot alley laid out contiguous to the southwest outline of the parcel of land known as Lot 36 of Block 7027D, if projected northwesterly; thence binding on said line, so projected, Northwesterly 10.0 feet to intersect the northwest side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned firstly herein, and thence binding on the northwest side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned firstly herein, Northeasterly 141.8 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.
Beginning for Parcel No. 2 at a point on the north side of a 10-foot alley laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. 111 and 115 Riverside Road, said point of beginning being distant westerly 160.0 feet, more or less, measured along the north side of said 10-foot alley from the west side of Levin Road, 40 feet wide, and running thence binding on the line of the east outline of the property known as No. 111 Riverside Road, if projected southerly, Southerly 10.0 feet to intersect the south side of said 10-foot alley; thence binding on the south side of said 10-foot alley Westerly 254.3 feet, more or less, to intersect the northeast side of a 10-foot alley laid out contiguous to the southwest outline of the parcel of land known as Lot 36 of Block 7029D; thence binding on the northeast side of last said 10-foot alley, Northwesterly 21.2 feet, more or less, to intersect the north side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned firstly herein, and thence binding on the north side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned firstly herein, Easterly 273.0 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.
Beginning for Parcel No. 3 at the point formed by the intersection of the southwest side of a 10-foot alley laid out contiguous to the southwest outline of the parcel of land known as Lot 36 of Block 7027D and the line of the northwest side of a 10-foot alley laid out 125.0 feet, more or less, northwest of Levin Road, 40 feet wide, if projected southwesterly, said point of beginning being distant northwesterly 135.0 feet, more or less, measured along the southwest side of said 10 foot alley, mentioned firstly herein, from the northwest side of said Levin Road, and running thence binding on the southwest side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned firstly herein, Northwesterly 265.0 feet, more or less, to intersect the southeast side of a 10-foot alley laid out in the rear of the property known as No. 121 Riverside Road; thence binding on the southeast side of last said 10-foot alley, Northeasterly 10.0 feet to intersect the northeast side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned firstly herein; thence binding on the northeast side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned firstly herein, Southeasterly 265.0 feet, more or less, to intersect the line of the northwest side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned secondly herein, so projected, and thence binding on the line of the northwest side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned secondly herein, Southwesterly 10.0 feet to the place of beginning.
As delineated on Plat 347-A-74A, prepared by the Survey Control Section and filed on September 22, 2010, in the Office of the Department of General Services.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the proceedings for the condemnation and closing of certain alleys 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 General Services 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 General Services 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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