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: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Housing and Community Development)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Urban - Renewal - Howard Park Business Area - Amendment _
FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Howard Park Business Area to authorize the acquisition by purchase or by condemnation of certain properties for urban renewal purposes, close a certain right-of-way, create an expanded disposition lot, and revise exhibits to reflect the changes in the Plan; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
BY authority of
Article 13 - Housing and Urban Renewal
Section 2-6
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
The Urban Renewal Plan for Howard Park Business Area was originally approved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by Ordinance 79-1196 and last amended by Ordinance 04-837.
An amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan for Howard Park Business Area is necessary to authorize the acquisition by purchase or by condemnation of certain properties for urban renewal purposes, close a certain right-of-way, create an expanded disposition lot, and revise exhibits to reflect the changes in the Plan.
Under Article 13, § 2-6 of the Baltimore City Code, no substantial change may be made in any approved renewal plan unless the change is approved in the same manner as that required for the approval of a renewal plan.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That it is necessary to acquire, by purchase or by condemnation, for urban renewal purposes, the fee simple interest in and to the following properties or portions of them, together with all right, title, interest, and estate that the owner or owners of the property interests may have in all streets, alleys, ways or lanes, public or private, both abutting the whole area described and/or contained within the perimeter of the area, situate in Baltimore City, Maryland, and described as follows:
4713-35 Gwynn Oak Avenue
4611 Maine Avenue
3407 Woodbine Avenue
NS 10 ft alley 1st S of Gwynn Oak Av 11
Approximately 173 ft of Maine Avenue Right-of-Way southeast of Gwynn Oak Avenue
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That Exhibit 1, Land Use Plan, Exhibit 2, Property Acquisition, and Exhibit 3, Land Disposition, all dated April 22, 2005, are amended to reflect the changes in the Renewal Plan.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the Urban Renewal Plan for Howard Park Business Area, as amended by this Ordinance and identified as "Urban Renewal Plan, Howard Park Business Area, revised to include Amendment _, dated September 19, 2005", is approved. The Department of Planning shall file a copy of the amended Urban Renewal Plan with the Department of Legislative Reference as a permanent public record, available for public inspection and information.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That if the amended Urban Renewal Plan approved by this Ordinance in any way fails to meet the statutory requirements for the content of a renewal plan or for the procedures for the preparation, adoption, and approval of a renewal plan, those requirements are waived and the amended Urban Renewal Plan approved by this Ordinance is exempted from them.
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That if any provision of this Ordinance or the application of this Ordinance to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, the invalidity does not affect any other provision or any other application of this Ordinance, and for this purpose the provisions of this Ordinance are declared severable.
SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That if a provision of this Ordinance concerns the same subject as a provision of any zoning, building, electrical, plumbing, health, fire, or safety law or regulation, the applicable provisions shall be construed to give effect to each. However, if the provisions are found to be in irreconcilable conflict, the one that establishes the higher standard for the protection of the public health and safety prevails. If a provision of this Ordinance is found to be in conflict with an existing provision of any other law or regulation that establishes a lower standard for the protection of the public health and safety, the provision of this Ordinance prevails and the other conflicting provision is repealed to the extent of the conflict.
SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.
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