Baltimore City Council
File #: 24-0601    Version: 0 Name: Property Taxes - Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property
Type: Ordinance Status: Before the Mayor
File created: 10/7/2024 In control: Mayor
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Property Taxes - Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property For the purpose of requiring a special property tax rate for vacant and abandoned property; providing for the promulgation of rules and regulations; requiring a certain notice be sent to owners of real property within the City limits; requiring a certain annual report; defining certain terms; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the property tax levied on vacant and abandoned property.
Sponsors: President Nicholas J. Mosby, Odette Ramos, Eric T. Costello, Zeke Cohen, Ryan Dorsey, Mark Conway, Sharon Green Middleton, James Torrence, John T. Bullock, Robert Stokes, Sr., Antonio Glover, Phylicia Porter, Kristerfer Burnett, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Danielle N. McCray
Indexes: Abandend, Properties, Property Tax, Special Rate, Vacant
Attachments: 1. 24-0601~1st Reader, 2. Law 24-0601, 3. 24-0601 Vacancy tax Ramos testimony 10.24, 4. BDC 24-0601, 5. Finance 24-0601, 6. DOP - 24-0601, 7. DHCD 24-0601, 8. GNA 24-0601 Support Letter 10.21.2024, 9. Vacancy Tax 10.22.24 NHS of Baltimore Dan Ellis testimony, 10. 24-0601~3rd Reader
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
11/18/20240 Baltimore City Council Approved and Sent to the Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/4/20240 Baltimore City Council Advanced to 3rd Reader, for Final Passage  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/4/20240 Ways and Means Recommended Favorably  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/22/20240 Ways and Means Recommended FavorablyPass Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Dept. of Finance  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Housing Authority of Baltimore City  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Dept. of Planning  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Baltimore City Administrator   Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to City Solicitor  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/7/20240 Ways and Means Scheduled for a Public Hearing  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/7/20240 Baltimore City Council Assigned  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/7/20240 Baltimore City Council Introduced  Action details Meeting details Not available
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: President Mosby, Councilmembers Ramos, Costello, Cohen, Dorsey, Conway, Middleton, Torrence, Bullock, Stokes, and Glover


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Property Taxes - Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property
For the purpose of requiring a special property tax rate for vacant and abandoned property; providing for the promulgation of rules and regulations; requiring a certain notice be sent to owners of real property within the City limits; requiring a certain annual report; defining certain terms; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the property tax levied on vacant and abandoned property.
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By adding
Article 28 - Taxes
Section 11-1, to be under the new subtitle designation,
“Subtitle 11. Vacant and Abandoned Property”
Baltimore City 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 Code

Article 28. Taxes

Subtitle 11. Vacant and Abandoned Property

§ 11-1. Special rate for vacant and abandoned property.

(a) Definitions.

(1) In general.

In this section, the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) Building.

“Building” has the meaning stated in City Code Article 13, § 11-1
{“Definitions”}.

(3) Property owner.

“Property owner” means the person...

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