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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 - Certain Streets and Alleys Lying Within the Area Bounded by Biddle Street, Collington Avenue, Preston Street, and Patterson Park Avenue and Lying Within the Broadway East Urban Renewal Project
FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets and alleys lying within the area bounded by Biddle Street, Collington Avenue, Preston Street, and Patterson Park Avenue and lying within the Broadway East Urban Renewal Project, as shown on Plat 346-A-57A 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 certain streets and alleys lying within the area bounded by Biddle Street, Collington Avenue, Preston Street, and Patterson Park Avenue and lying within the Broadway East Urban Renewal Project, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning for Parcel No. 1 at the point formed by the intersection of the south side of Mura Street, 40 feet wide, and the east side of Collington Avenue, 70 feet wide, and running thence binding on the east side of said Collington Avenue, Northerly 40.0 feet to intersect the north side of said Mura Street; thence binding on the north side of said Mura Street, Easterly 363.1 feet, more or less, to intersect the west side of Patterson Park Avenue, 70 feet wide; thence binding on the west side of said Patterson Park Avenue, Southerly 40.0 feet, to intersect the south side of said Mura Street, and thence binding on the south side of said Mura Street, Westerly 363.1 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.
Beginning for Parcel No. 2 at the point formed by the intersection of the south side of a 10-foot alley laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. 2200/2202 through 2238 E. Biddle Street, and the east side of Collington Avenue, 70 feet wide, said point of beginning being distant northerly 71.5 feet, more or less, measured along the east side of said Collington Avenue from the north side of Biddle Street, 66 feet wide; thence binding on the east side of said Collington Avenue, Northerly 10.0 feet to intersect the north side of said 10-foot alley; thence binding on the north side of said 10-foot alley, Easterly 285.1 feet, more or less, to the easternmost extremity of said 10-foot alley; thence binding on the easternmost extremity of said 10-foot alley, Southerly 10.0 feet to intersect the south side of said 10-foot alley, and thence binding on the south side of said 10-foot alley, Westerly 285.1 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.
Beginning for Parcel No. 3 at the point formed by the intersection of the south side of Mura Street, 40 feet wide, and the east side of a 12-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. 1210 through 1218 N. Patterson Park Avenue, said point of beginning being distant westerly 78.0 feet, measured along the south side of said Mura Street from the west side of Patterson Park Avenue, 70 feet wide, and running thence binding on the east side of said 12-foot alley, Southerly 60.0 feet, more or less, to intersect the north side of a 10-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. 2200/2202 through 2238 E. Biddle Street; thence binding on the north side of said 10-foot alley, Westerly 12.0 feet to intersect the west side of said 12-foot alley; thence binding on the west side of said 12-foot alley, Northerly 60.0 feet, more or less, to intersect the south side of said Mura Street, and thence binding on the south side of said Mura Street, Easterly 12.0 feet to the place of beginning.
Beginning for Parcel No. 4 at the point formed by the east side of a 10-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. 1220 through 1226 N. Patterson Park Avenue, and the north side of Mura Street, 40 feet wide, said point of beginning being distant westerly 70.0 feet, measured along the north side of said Mura Street from the west side of Patterson Park Avenue, 70 feet wide, and running thence binding on the north side of said Mura Street, Westerly 10.0 feet to intersect the west side of said 10-foot alley; thence binding on the west side of said 10-foot alley, Northerly 60.0 feet, more or less, to intersect the south side of a 10-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. 2201 through 2251 E. Preston Street; thence binding on the south side of last said 10-foot alley, Easterly 10.0 feet to intersect the east side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned firstly herein, and thence binding on the east side of said 10-foot alley, mentioned firstly herein, Southerly 60.0 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.
Beginning for Parcel No. 5 at the point formed by the intersection of the east side of a 4-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. 1200 through 1208 N. Patterson Park Avenue, and the north side of E. Biddle Street, 66 feet wide, said point of beginning being distant westerly 78.0 feet, more or less, measured along the north side of said Biddle Street from the west side of Patterson Park Avenue, 70 feet wide, and running thence binding on the north side of said Biddle Street, Westerly 4.0 feet to intersect the west side of said 4-foot alley; thence binding on the west side of said 4-foot alley, Northerly 71.5 feet, more or less, to intersect the south side of a 10-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. 2200/2202 through 2238 E. Biddle Street; thence binding on the south side of said 10-foot alley, Easterly 4.0 feet to intersect the east side of said 4-foot alley, and thence binding on the east side of said 4-foot alley, Southerly 71.5 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.
As delineated on Plat 346-A-57A, prepared by the Survey Control Section and filed on October 11, 2006 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 the streets and 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 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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