City of Baltimore - File #: 19-0332

• File #: 19-0332
• Version: 0
• Name: The Baltimore City Sustainability Plan
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/4/2019
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 4/22/2019
• Enactment #: 19-242
• Title: The Baltimore City Sustainability Plan For the purpose of adopting a new Sustainability Plan for Baltimore City; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to all elements of sustainability, including air quality, water quality, resource conservation and recycling, energy, public health, environmental justice, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing the use of alternative means of transportation.
• Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
• Indexes: Baltimore City, Plan, Sustainability

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/22/2019	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
3/18/2019	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
3/11/2019	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
3/11/2019	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
3/5/2019	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably	Pass
2/11/2019	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/7/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Planning
2/7/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
2/7/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
2/7/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
2/7/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of General Services
2/7/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
2/7/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Office of Sustainability
2/4/2019	0	City Council	Assigned
2/4/2019	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Office of Sustainability)

A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
The Baltimore City Sustainability Plan
For the purpose of adopting a new Sustainability Plan for Baltimore City; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to all elements of sustainability, including air quality, water quality, resource conservation and recycling, energy, public health, environmental justice, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing the use of alternative means of transportation.
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Recitals

Article 5, § 34-4 of the Baltimore City Code requires that the Commission on Sustainability prepare a Comprehensive Sustainability Plan and, from time to time, recommend appropriate amendments to it.

Article 5, § 34-5 of the Baltimore City Code requires, among other things, that the Commission’s Comprehensive Sustainability Plan discuss all elements of sustainability, including air quality, water quality, resource conservation and recycling, energy, public health, environmental justice, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing the use of alternative means of transportation. The Plan is also to establish 3-, 5-, and 10-year sustainability targets.

The City of Baltimore last adopted a comprehensive sustainability plan by Ordinance 09-141, effective March 12, 2009.

The Commission of Sustainability, assisted by the Office of Sustainability in the Department of Planning, has prepared a new comprehensive sustainability plan for the City. To become effecti...