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Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Law Department)
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
title
Zoning - Appeals to Zoning Board - Corrective
For the purpose of deleting certain court-imposed statutory provisions, since rendered inoperative by Ch. 596, Acts of 2017, which direct persons aggrieved by land-use decisions of the Planning Commission (among certain other “authorized administrative officer[s] or unit[s]”) to appeal those decisions to the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals, rather than seeking their judicial review; conforming the new Zoning Code to decades of City practice and procedures that recognize the final-administrative status of Planning Commission decisions; and providing for a special effective date.
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By authority of
Article - Land Use
Section 10-404
Annotated Code of Maryland
(As amended by Ch. 596, Acts of 2017 )
By repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 32 - Zoning
Sections 3-202(l) and 19-301(a)
Baltimore City Code
(As amended by Ord. 17-015)
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 3. Outline of Code Administration
Subtitle 2. Administrative Agencies and Officials
§ 3-202. Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals.
(l) Voting - Number of votes.
The number of votes specified in the State Land Use Article is...
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