* 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 Reisinger
At the request of: Gateway South, 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
Title
Planned Unit Development - Designation - Gateway South
FOR the purpose of approving the application of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and Gateway South, LLC, which are either the owner, potential owner, developer, and/or contract purchaser of the following properties: 1501, 1601, 1629, 1633, and 1645 Warner Street; 2110 and 2119 Haines Street; 1501, 1525, and 1551 Russell Street; 2102 Oler Street; 2104 Worcester Street; and portions of Warner Street, Russell Street, Worcester Street, Bayard Street, Haines Street, Oler Street, and South Eutaw Street (collectively, the "Property"); to have the Property designated a Business Planned Unit Development; and approving the Development Plan submitted by the applicant.
Body
BY authority of
Article - Zoning
Title 9, Subtitles 1 and 4
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and Gateway South, LLC, are either the owner, potential owner, developer, and/or contract purchaser of the following properties: 1501, 1601, 1629, 1633, and 1645 Warner Street; 2110 and 2119 Haines Street; 1501, 1525, and 1551 Russell Street; 2102 Oler Street; 2104 Worcester Street; and portions of Warner Street, Russell Street, Worcester Street, Bayard Street, Haines Street, Oler Street, and South Eutaw Street. Gateway South, LLC, plans to develop the Property, consisting of 15.15 acres, more or less, for business and industrial uses.
On November 26, 2007, representatives of the applicant met with the Department of Planning for a preliminary conference, to explain the scope and nature of existing and proposed development on the Property and to institute proceedings to have the Property designated a Business Planned Unit Development.
The representatives of the applicant have now applied to the Baltimore City Council for designation of the Property as a Business Planned Unit Development, and they have submitted a 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 application of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and Gateway South, LLC, which is either the owner, potential owner, developer, and/or contract purchaser of the following properties: 1501, 1601, 1629, 1633, and 1645 Warner Street; 2110 and 2119 Haines Street; 1501, 1525, and 1551 Russell Street; 2102 Oler Street; 2104 Worcester Street; and portions of Warner Street, Russell Street, Worcester Street, Bayard Street, Haines Street, Oler Street, and South Eutaw Street, consisting of 15.15 acres, more or less, as outlined on the accompanying Development Plan entitled "Gateway South", to designate the Property a Business Planned Unit Development under Title 9, Subtitles 1 and 4 of the Baltimore City Zoning Code.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the Development Plan entitled "Gateway South", submitted by the applicant Gateway South LLC, consisting of Sheet 1, "Existing Conditions Plan", dated November 28, 2007; Sheet 2, "Development Plan", dated January 21, 2008; Sheet 3, "Conceptual Massing Plan", dated November 28, 2007; and Sheet 4, "Conceptual Landscape Plan", dated January 21, 2008, is approved.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That in accordance with the provisions of Title 9, Subtitles 1 and 4, the following uses are permitted within the Planned Unit Development:
(a) The following principal uses are permitted within the Planned Unit Development:
(1) all permitted, accessory, and conditional uses as allowed in the B-2 Zoning District.
(2) after-hours establishments; artisans' and craft work; amusement arcades; amusement parks; auditoriums and concert halls; bakeries - including sales of bakery products to restaurants, hotels, clubs, and similar establishments; bakery goods: manufacturing; banquet halls; non-motorized boats, sales and rental; bus and transit passenger stations and terminals; dance halls; food commissaries; garages for bus and transit vehicles; garden supply, tool and seed stores with storage and display of merchandise for sale to the public; greenhouses; hardware stores; helistops; laboratories: research and testing; maritime suppliers; miniature golf; model slot car racing centers; motor vehicles: rental; motor vehicles: sales, indoor; outdoor table service and outdoor seating when accessory to any allowed use; parcel collection and delivery stations; temporary parking, open off-street, for the parking of 4 or more vehicles, subject to final design approval by the Planning Commission; photoengraving; photographic printing and developing establishments; plumbing, heating, and electrical equipment showrooms and shops; pool halls and billiard parlors; printing and publishing; recreational facilities: indoor; recreational facilities: outdoor; repeater, transformer, pumping, booster, conditioning and regulations stations and similar installations; restaurants - including live entertainment and dancing; second-hand stores; sports complex; schools: trade; skating rink; taverns - including live entertainment and dancing; tennis or racquet club: indoor; theaters; and wholesale establishments.
(3) "Sports complex", as used herein, shall be defined as a facility used for recreational and athletic purposes.
(b) The following principal uses are prohibited within the Planned Unit Development:
automobile service stations; bed and breakfast establishments; check cashing agencies; community correction centers; dwellings; firearm sales; foster homes for children; fraternity and sorority houses; parking or storage of travel trailers and similar camping equipment; pawn shops; poultry and rabbit killing establishments; rooming and boarding houses for three or more roomers; taxidermists' shops; telegraph offices; trading stamp redemption centers; and undertaking establishments and funeral parlors.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That height and massing shall be as set forth on Sheet 3 of the Development Plan.
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the number of parking spaces required for the Planned Unit Development shall be determined by the Planning Commission at the time of final design approval, at which time the Planning Commission shall take into consideration proposed uses that have different peak parking characteristics that complement each other, so that the parking spaces provided may reasonably be shared by proposed uses, and an excess of parking is not provided by the strict application of standard parking requirements.
SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the properties designated as being part of the Business Planned Unit Development under this Ordinance shall not be regulated by this Ordinance until the City or Gateway South, LLC, or its successors or assigns, has acquired title to the properties.
SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the exterior signage within the Planned Unit Development shall be subject to final design review and approval by the Planning Commission.
SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That all plans for the construction of permanent improvements on the Property within the Planned Unit Development must be reviewed by the Planning Commission to ensure that the plans are consistent with the Development Plan and this Ordinance. Final design approval shall be granted to the Planning Commission.
SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the Planning Department may determine what constitutes minor or major modifications to the Plan. Minor modifications require approval by the Planning Commission. Major modifications require approval by Ordinance.
SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That as evidence of the authenticity of the accompanying 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 Development Plan; (ii) when the Mayor approves this Ordinance, the Mayor shall sign the Development Plan; and (iii) the Director of Finance then shall transmit a copy of this Ordinance and the 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 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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