Baltimore City Council
File #: 22-0206    Version: 0 Name: Vacant Structures - Registration Fees and Penalties
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 3/21/2022 In control: Economic and Community Development
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Vacant Structures - Registration Fees and Penalties For the purpose of revising the registration process for vacant structures; modifying the registration fee for vacant structures; modifying the registration renewal process for vacant structures; modifying the penalties applied to vacant structures in violation of City Code; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to registration fees and penalties for vacant structures.
Sponsors: President Nicholas J. Mosby, Sharon Green Middleton
Indexes: Fees, Registration, Vacant Structures
Attachments: 1. 22-0206(2)~1st Reader, 2. 22-0206 Law, 3. BCFD 22-0206, 4. DHCD 22-0206, 5. Finance 22-0206, 6. cc22-0206(1)~1st (Law), 7. 22-0206 - Hearing Packet, 8. ECD Notes - Vacant Structures - 22-0225, 22-0206, 22-0205
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: President Mosby


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Vacant Structures - Registration Fees and Penalties
For the purpose of revising the registration process for vacant structures; modifying the registration fee for vacant structures; modifying the registration renewal process for vacant structures; modifying the penalties applied to vacant structures in violation of City Code; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to registration fees and penalties for vacant structures.
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By repealing and re-ordaining, with amendments,
Article 13 - Housing and Urban Renewal
Sections 4-8(c) and 4-9
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By adding
Article 13 - Housing and Urban Renewal
Section 4-8(d)
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 13. Housing and Urban Renewal

Subtitle 4. Registration of Non-Owner-Occupied Dwellings,
Rooming Houses, and Vacant Structures

ยง 4-8. Registration fees.

(c) Vacant structures.

(1) Increased fee.

Except as otherwise specified in this [section, an annual] subtitle, a one-time registration fee, in addition to any fee that might also be required by subsection (a) or (b) of this section, must be paid for vacant structures ...

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