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Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
Introduced by: Councilmembers Dorsey, Burnett, Cohen
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
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Baltimore City Workgroup on Nuisance Parking and Auto Businesses
For the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Workgroup on Nuisance Parking and Auto Businesses; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study certain matters related to the illegal storage of motor vehicles in public rights-of-way by motor vehicle repair establishments and motor vehicle dealerships and make certain recommendations; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on or before a certain date; providing for a special effective date; providing for the termination of this Ordinance; and generally relating to the illegal practice of using the public right-of-way as surplus private motor vehicle storage.
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Recitals
Throughout the City, vehicles in the custody of auto shops and dealers are parked in the public right-of-way. Such misuse of public space for private enterprise is not merely objectionable in principle, but the misuse imposes on neighbors both practically, in obstructing space that should be accessible to others, and aesthetically, littering neighborhood streets with vehicles often in poor condition and for extended periods. Additionally, many such locations operate without proper zoning authorization or business registrati...
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