Baltimore City Council
File #: 24-0599    Version: 0 Name: Zoning - Conditional Use - Crematorium
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 9/30/2024 In control: Ways and Means
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Zoning - Conditional Use - Crematorium For the purpose of creating a stand-alone use in the Zoning Code for crematoriums; amending certain related definitions; revising certain zoning tables to include the use “crematorium”; making conforming changes; providing for a special effective date; and generally related to creating the stand-alone use “crematorium” in the Zoning Code.
Sponsors: Mark Conway, Ryan Dorsey, Antonio Glover, Zeke Cohen, Odette Ramos
Indexes: Conditional Use, Crematorium, Zoning
Attachments: 1. 24-0599~1st Reader, 2. Newspaper Affidavit 24-0599, 3. Newspaper Affidavit 2 24-0599, 4. Letter to Eric Costello 10.25.2024, 5. Attachments Enclosures 10.25.2024, 6. Planning Commission - 24-0599, 7. Law 24-0599, 8. Baltimore Funeral Homes Map_Council Distr_Print - Legend2, 9. Email Testimony, 10. Email Testimony 2, 11. OECR 24-0599, 12. DHCD 24-0599, 13. DOT 24-0599, 14. BDC 24-0599, 15. BCFD 24 ~ 0599, 16. BMZA 24-0599, 17. Senator Mary Washington Testimony for 24-0599, 18. A. Public Notice Instructions - Zoning Code Amendment, 19. Final Bill Synopsis_24-0599, 20. WM Hearing Notes 24-0599
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
11/19/20240 Ways and Means    Action details Meeting details Not available
10/24/20240 Ways and Means Advertising  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/21/20240 Ways and Means Scheduled for a Public Hearing  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/7/20240 Ways and Means Advertising  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Planning Commission  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Fire Department  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Dept. of Transportation  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Parking Authority Board  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to City Solicitor  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20240 Baltimore City Council Refer to Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/30/20240 Baltimore City Council Assigned  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/30/20240 Baltimore City Council Introduced  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/30/20240 Ways and Means Scheduled for a Public Hearing  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: Councilmember Conway


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Zoning - Conditional Use - Crematorium
For the purpose of creating a stand-alone use in the Zoning Code for crematoriums; amending certain related definitions; revising certain zoning tables to include the use “crematorium”; making conforming changes; providing for a special effective date; and generally related to creating the stand-alone use “crematorium” in the Zoning Code.
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By repealing and re-ordaining, with amendments,
Article 32 - Zoning
Sections 1-303(u) and 1-306(u) and Tables 7-702 and 10-301
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By adding
Article 32 - Zoning
New Section 1-304(u)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By renumbering
Article 32 - Zoning
Sections 1-304(u) through (z)
to be
Sections 1-304(v) through(aa), respectively
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 32. Zoning

Title 1. General Provisions

Subtitle 3. Definitions

§ 1-303. “Bailbond establishment” to “Child day-care home”.
. . .

(u) Cemetery.

(1) In general.

“Cemetery” means land used or dedicated to the burial of the dead.

(2) Inclusions.

“Cemetery” includes:

[(i) a crematorium;]

(i) [(ii)] mausoleums;

(...

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