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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 Kraft
At the request of: BCP Investors, LLC
Address: c/o Stanley S. Fine, Esquire, Rosenberg ? Martin ? Greenberg, LLP, 25 South Charles
Street, Suite 2115, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Telephone: 410-727-6600
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment 5 - Canton Crossing
FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the Canton Crossing Planned Unit Development.
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BY authority of
Article - Zoning
Title 9, Subtitles 1 and 5
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
By Ordinance 01-192, as amended by Ordinances 02-369, 03-641, 04-873, and 07-633, the Mayor and City Council (i) approved the application of Canton Crossing, LLC, to have certain property located south of Boston Street, the western boundary being east of the Inner Harbor including the riparian rights, the eastern boundary being South Haven Street, and the southern boundary being the southern right-of-way of Danville Avenue extending from the water's edge a distance of 660 feet east of the eastern right-of-way line of Baylis Street, consisting of 67.52 acreas, more or less, designated as an Industrial Planned Unit Development and (ii) approved the Development Plan submitted by the applicant.
BCP Investors, LLC (the "applicant"), is the owner of Block 6505, Lots 1/9 and 10 and is the ground lessee of Block 6505, Lot A (collectively, the "Property"). The applicant wishes to amend the Development Plan, as previously approved by the Mayor and City Council, to modify the boundaries of the Industrial Planned Unit Development to remove property from the Planned Unit Development.
On August 2, 2011, representatives of the applicant 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 applicant 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 5 of the Baltimore City Zoning Code.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Mayor and City Council approves the amendments to the Development Plan submitted by the Developer, as attached to and made part of this Ordinance, consisting of Exhibit A, "Existing Conditions Plan", dated September 2007 and revised August 2011, Exhibit B-1, "Master Plan", dated September 2007 and revised August 2011, Exhibit B-1A, "Enlarged Master Plan", dated September 2007 and revised August 2011, Exhibit B-2, "Land Use and Heights", dated September 2007 and revised August 2011, Exhibit B-3A, "Massing Plan", dated September 2007 and revised August 2011, Exhibit B-4A, "Project Overview & Architectural Order", dated September 2007 and revised August 2011, Exhibit B-4B, "Pedestrian & Vehicular Circulation Diagram", dated September 2007 and revised August 2011, Exhibit B-4C, "Site Street Sections", dated September 2007, and Exhibit B-4D, "Retail Area and Street Furniture", dated September 2007 and revised August 2011. As shown on the Development Plan, the boundaries of the Planned Unit Development have been modified by removing the property known as Parcel G, thereby decreasing the size of the property within the Planned Unit Development to approximately 34.80 acres.
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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