City of Baltimore - File #: 05-0093R

• File #: 05-0093R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Comprehensive Master Plans
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/26/2005
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2005
• Title: Informational Hearing - Comprehensive Master Plans FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Department of Planning of Baltimore City to brief the Council on the nature, process, effect, use, and legal effect of comprehensive master plans, and how they are being developed under the auspices of the Department of Planning as required under State Law Article 66B and the Baltimore City Charter.
• Sponsors: Edward Reisinger, President Dixon, President Young, James B. Kraft, Kenneth Harris, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Paula Johnson Branch, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Master Plan, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/5/2005	0	City Council	Adopted	Pass
11/22/2005	0	Land Use and Transportation	Recommended Favorably
10/20/2005	0	Land Use and Transportation Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing	Pass
9/29/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/26/2005	0	City Council	Introduced
9/26/2005	0	City Council	Assigned
9/26/2005	0	City Council	Assigned

* 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 R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Reisinger


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Informational Hearing - Comprehensive Master Plans

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Department of Planning of Baltimore City to brief the Council on the nature, process, effect, use, and legal effect of comprehensive master plans, and how they are being developed under the auspices of the Department of Planning as required under State Law Article 66B and the Baltimore City Charter.
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Master plans are created for the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of Baltimore City to promote the health, safety, and morals of its inhabitants and to preserve the aesthetic and natural environment of the City.

Master plans show, among other things, the future general location and extent of all public improvements and enterprises, including the general location and extent of all land uses for purposes of transportation, recreation, and all public utilities.

The Department of Planning is developing a new Comprehensive Master Plan intent on maximizing economic opportunity and the quality of life for all Baltimore City citizens over the next 6 years. The Department is approaching this new Plan as Baltimore City's business plan for coordinating and leveraging City investment, policy, and programming.

Are these comprehensive master plans ac...