City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0327

• File #: 06-0327
• Version: 0
• Name: Zoning - Housing in Downtown Baltimore
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/23/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/15/2006
• Enactment #: 06-0230
• 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.
• Sponsors: Keiffer Mitchell, President Dixon
• Indexes: Housing, Zoning

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/15/2006	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
5/8/2006	0	City Council
5/1/2006	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report
4/27/2006	0	Land Use and Transportation Committee	Recommended Favorably
4/11/2006	0	Land Use and Transportation Committee	Advertising
4/4/2006	0	Land Use and Transportation Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/26/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/26/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/26/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/26/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/23/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
1/23/2006	0	City Council	Assigned

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: 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...