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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Young
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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"Quick-Take" Condemnation - Notice of Proposed Commencement
FOR the purpose of requiring the City to provide certain notice before it institutes a quick-take condemnation proceeding; defining certain terms; and generally relating to pre-condemnation notice.
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BY adding
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section(s) 18-5, to be under the amended subtitle designation,
Subtitle 18. Condemnation Notices"
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 5. Finance, Property, and Procurement
Subtitle 18. Condemnation [Notice and Hearing] NOTICES
§ 18-5. QUICK-TAKE PROCEEDING - NOTICE OF INTENT TO INSTITUTE.
(A) DEFINITIONS.
(1) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(2) CITY.
"CITY" MEANS THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE AND ANY OF ITS AGENCIES, INSTRUMENTALITIES, OR OTHER UNITS.
(3) QUICK-TAKE PROCEEDING.
"QUICK-TAKE PROCEEDING" MEANS A CONDEMNATION ACTION IN WHICH THE CITY SEEKS IMMEDIATE TITLE OR POSSESSION OF PROPERTY UNDER AUTHORITY OF STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE III, § 40A, THE CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS OF BALTIM...
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