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* 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 Stokes
At the request of: Helping Up Mission, Inc.
Address: c/o Caroline L. Hecker, Esquire, 25 South Charles Street, 21st Floor, Baltimore,
Maryland 21201
Telephone: 410-727-6600
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment 1 - New Lafayette Courts
FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the New Lafayette Courts Planned Unit Development.
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BY authority of
Article - Zoning
Title 9, Subtitles 1 and 2
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
By Ordinance 95-488, the Mayor and City Council (i) approved the application of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) to have certain property known as Lafayette Courts, consisting of 21.5 acres, more or less, designated as a Residential Planned Unit Development and (ii) approved the Development Plan submitted by the applicant.
The Helping Up Mission, Inc., the contract purchaser of the property known as 1200 East Fayette Street, which is located within the Planned Unit Development, wishes to amend the Development Plan, as previously approved by the Mayor and City Council, to modify the uses permitted within the Planned Unit Development.
On August 28, 2013, representatives of the Helping Up Mission, Inc., 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 Helping Up Mission, Inc., have now applied to the Baltimore City Council for approval of these amendments, and they have submitted amendments to the Development Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Title 9, Subtitles 1 and 2 of the Baltimore City Zoning Code.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That Section 3 of Ordinance 95-488 is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the Development Plan approved hereby is subject to the following use and bulk regulations and limitations:
The following uses are permitted within the Property:
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H. A CONVALESCENT, NURSING, AND REST HOME (SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER), WITH A MAXIMUM OF 100 BEDS FOR IN-PATIENT TREATMENT AND ACCOMMODATION, INCLUDING A MAXIMUM OF 15 BEDS FOR EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT ASSISTANCE AND INCLUDING ACCESSORY OFFICE AND DAY CARE.
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.
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