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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Investigative Hearing - Planned Unit Developments - Enforcement of Agreement Standards
FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Planning and the Executive Director of the Board of Municipal Zoning Appeals to brief the City Council on the purpose, scope, nature and number of Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) in Baltimore City; to explain the procedure for application and approval of new PUDs; to report on the methods used to assure compliance with the standards, conditions, and regulations established for existing PUDs; and to recommend more clearly defined and neighborhood-accessible enforcement mechanisms.
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A Planned Unit Development, or PUD, is a type of building development as well as a regulatory process that had its origins in England in the 1950's to contend with the locations of industrial elements needed to uphold an economic base. In this country, PUDs were developed shortly after WWII to place whole communities within the limits of large metropolitan centers. And in Maryland, in 1949 in Prince Georges County, the first zoning evidence of PUDs permitted the development of a large tract of land as a complete neighborhood unit with a range of dwelling types, local shopping facilities, off-street parking areas, parks, playgrounds, school sites, and other community services.
PUDS were e...
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