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[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Mitchell
At the request of: Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.
Address: c/o Kirby Fowler, 317 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Telephone: 410-528-7712
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Zoning - Housing in Downtown Baltimore
FOR the purpose of repealing certain conversion and lot-area restrictions applicable to dwellings in B-4 and B-5 Districts; preserving the supremacy of all more-restrictive conditions or requirements imposed by Urban Renewal Plans; and generally relating to lot area requirements for housing in B-4 and B-5 Districts.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, without amendments
Article - Zoning
Section(s) 1-206
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
BY repealing
Article - Zoning
Section(s) 6-105(c) and 6-511
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
Over 3,000 new housing units have been built in Downtown Baltimore since 1999. These new housing developments have brought in over 5,000 new residents to Downtown Baltimore, a majority of whom come from outside of the City of Baltimore. These new downtown residents bring new life, vitality, and tax revenues to the City - generating significant momentum in new housing development in Downtown Baltimore.
B-4 and B-5 Zoning Districts only exist in Downtown Baltimore and the Mt. Vernon neighborhoods. Ex...
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