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 Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Vacant Building Receiver - Sales at Public Auction
FOR the purpose of authorizing a receiver appointed to sell certain vacant property to follow a certain procedure at the request of the local neighborhood association; conforming certain language; and generally relating to vacant building receivers.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Section(s) 2-103 (BC § 121.10)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Revised Code
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Part II. International Building Code
§ 2-103. City modifications.
The additions, deletions, amendments, and other modifications adopted by the City are as follows:
Chapter 1. Administration
Section 121 Vacant Building Receiver
121.10 Powers of receiver appointed to sell. A receiver appointed to sell a vacant building, in addition to all necessary and customary powers, [has authority to] MAY:
a. sell the property [to the high bidder] at public auction, following the same presale notice provisions that apply to a foreclosure, TO THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED BIDDER, [or]
b. sell the property privately for fair market value if the owner and mortgagee agree to the amount and procedure, OR
C. AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON RECORD WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AS REPRESENTING THE AREA IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, SELL THE PROPERTY AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED BIDDER WHO COMPLIES WITH CONDITIONS REQUESTED BY THE ASSOCIATION, SUCH AS:
1. SINGLE-FAMILY OCCUPANCY,
2. OWNER OCCUPANCY, AND
3. MAXIMUM DENSITY.
121.10.1 Notice of auction. In the notice of public auction, it is sufficient to describe the property by a street address and by reference to the liber and folio number of the title deed recorded in the land records of Baltimore City.
121.10.2 Buyer qualifications. Before any sale, the bidders in a public sale or the buyer in a private sale must demonstrate the ability and experience needed to rehabilitate the property within a reasonable time.
121.10.3 Application of sale proceeds. After deducting the expenses of the sale, the receiver must apply the proceeds of the sale to the liens against the property, in order of priority.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.
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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