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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Stokes
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals Practices and Procedures
FOR the purpose of directing the Chair and Director of the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals to appear before the Council to discuss the Board's current practices, procedures, and regulations; evaluate what changes to these practices may be necessary; and determine how to keep the public better informed about how the Board operates.
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Baltimore's Zoning Code embodies many of the most important decisions our community has made about the nature and shape of our City. These laws determine what property owners may do with their land, where various types of activities and businesses can be found, and much of what we are entitled to expect from our neighbors.
In order to provide for the flexibility necessary to meet the needs of Baltimore's large and diverse population, the Zoning Code does not try to definitively answer every possible land use question that could possibly arise. Instead, it establishes general guidelines and then allows the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals (BMZA) to apply those guidelines in particular cases. In a very real sense, it is the BMZA that ultimately decides what Baltimore looks like today and in the future.
Unfortunately - although the Zoning Code itself is publicall...
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