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 Rawlings Blake
At the request of: Stone Mansion, LLC
Address: c/o Azola and Associates, Inc., 1414 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: 443-829-6942
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Urban Renewal - Coldspring Neighborhood Development Program - Amendment __
FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Coldspring Neighborhood Development Program to provide that the provisions of the Cylburn Hills Planned Unit Development supercede the provisions of the Urban Renewal Plan; 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 Coldspring Neighborhood Development Program Urban Renewal Area was originally approved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by Ordinance 73-242 and last amended by Ordinance 97-175.
An amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan for Coldspring Neighborhood Development Program Urban Renewal Area is necessary to provide that the provisions of the Cylburn Hills Planned Unit Development supercede the provisions of the Urban Renewal Plan.
Under Article 13, § 2-6 of the Baltimore City Code, no substantial 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 change in the Urban Renewal Plan for Coldspring Neighborhood Development Program Urban Renewal Area is approved:
In the Plan, after C.2., add a new paragraph to read as follows:
C. General Land Use Plan
2. Description of Predominant Land Uses
TO THE EXTENT THERE EXISTS ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RENEWAL PLAN AND THE STANDARDS AND CONTROLS OF ANY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE COLDSPRING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM URBAN RENEWAL AREA, THE STANDARDS AND CONTROLS OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT CONTROL.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the Urban Renewal Plan for Coldspring Neighborhood Development Program Urban Renewal Area, as amended by this Ordinance and identified as "Urban Renewal Plan, Coldspring Neighborhood Development Program Urban Renewal Area, revised to include Amendment __, dated August 14, 2006", 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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