* 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 D'Adamo
At the request of: McDonald's Corporation
  Address: c/o Stanley S. Fine, Esquire, 25 South Charles Street, Suite 2115, Baltimore,
Maryland 21201 
  Telephone: 410-727-6600                                                                                                                
 
                     A BILL ENTITLED
 
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Zoning - Conditional Use Restaurant: Drive-In - 5711 Belair Road
 
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a restaurant: drive-in on the property known as 5711 Belair Road, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat.
Body
BY authority of
Article - Zoning
Section(s) 6-409(4) and 14-102
Baltimore City Revised Code 
(Edition 2000)
 
SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That permission is granted for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a restaurant: drive-in on the property known as 5711 Belair Road, as outlined in red on the plat accompanying this Ordinance, in accordance with Baltimore City Zoning Code §§ 6-409(4) and 14-102, subject to the following conditions:
 
1.                     The entire exterior must be provided with daytime-like lighting.
 
2.                     No payphones may be on the property.
 
3.                     The windows of the building must provide interior visibility to police patrol cars traveling on Belair Road.  
 
4.                     No wall or structure may be retained or provided that would encourage non-customers to loiter in the area.
 
5.                     A picket fence must enclose the area, with the fence height on the east side of the property being constructed high enough to prevent trash from blowing into surrounding areas.
 
 
6.                     Employees must have training by management that would encourage them to recognize suspected drug activity and then to anonymously report it.
 
7.                     Management is responsible for policing an area for one block in each direction for trash related to food, wrappers, and other material provided by the business.
 
8.                     Management will provide mailbox-type trash containers on the property and the surrounding area.
 
9.                     If City approval is required for any improvements in the surrounding area, The Glenham-Belhar Community Association, or its successors or assigns, agrees to support any appropriate request by McDonald's.
 
10. When constructed, the building for the restaurant should avoid a warehouse-like
appearance when visible from Belair Road, by having such architectural features as windows.
 
11.                     The restaurant: drive-in must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local licensing and certification requirements.
 
SECTION 2.  AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That as evidence of the authenticity of the accompanying plat 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 plat; (ii) when the Mayor approves this Ordinance, the Mayor shall sign the plat; and (iii) the Director of Finance then shall transmit a copy of this Ordinance and the plat 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 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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