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 Kraft
At the request of: Harbor Point Development, LLC
Address: c/o Lawrence White, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, 1040 Hull Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21230
Telephone: 443-573-4000
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Planned Unit Development - Amendment - Harbor Point
FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the Harbor Point Planned Unit Development.
Body
BY authority of
Article - Zoning
Title 9, Subtitles 1 and 4
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
By Ordinance 04-682, the Mayor and City Council approved the application of Harbor Point Development, LLC, authorized by Honeywell International, Inc., to have certain property bounded generally by the Baltimore Harbor to the south and west, the Living Classroom's site to the north, and Caroline Street to the east, consisting of 26.8 acres, more or less, designated as a Business Planned Unit Development and approved the Development Plan submitted by the applicant.
Harbor Point Development, LLC, wishes to amend the Development Plan, as previously approved by the Mayor and City Council, to modify the allowable height of certain structures within the Planned Unit Development area, to clarify certain provisions pertaining to off-street parking, and to make other amendments or modifications as necessary to accommodate the proposed conditions on the Property.
On July 16, 2007, representatives of Harbor Point Development, LLC, 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 Harbor Point Development, LLC, 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 4 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 for the Property submitted by Harbor Point Development, LLC, as attached to and made part of this Ordinance, consisting of PUD 4, "Heights Diagram,", dated July 19, 2007, which shall supersede PUD 4, "Height Diagram", dated April 2, 2004, of Ordinance 04-682.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That Section 7 of Ordinance 04-682 is amended to read as follows:
SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the parking required for each respective use within the PUD area shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of Title 10 of the Baltimore City Zoning Code, as applicable to uses located in a B-2-2 Zoning District. The parking shall be accommodated by surface lots and/or structured off-street facilities located within the PUD area, and the parking shall not be required on a lot by lot basis but shall merely need to be provided within the boundaries of the PUD. Temporary parking shall be allowed on individual building sites, subject to Planning Commission approval. The Planning Commission has the discretion to permit the total count of parking spaces required for all uses within any one development lot or among multiple development lots on the property to be reduced to reflect a demonstrated reduction in the need for parking spaces due to shared use, public transportation, or other appropriate causes. NOT WITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, OPEN OFF-STREET PARKING SHALL BE PERMITTED ON THE OPEN SPACE AREAS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPEN SPACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9(6). AFTER FINAL COMPLETION OF THE OPEN SPACE, [Permanent] PERMANENT or temporary parking [is] SHALL not BE allowed on the Open Space areas, except in conjunction with the special event uses set forth in Section 4.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That Section 9(3) of Ordinance 04-682 is deleted in its entirety.
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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