City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0415

• File #: 06-0415
• Version: 0
• Name: Building Code - Visitability Requirements for Publicly Assisted Dwellings
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/24/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/7/2007
• Enactment #: 07-389
• Title: Building Code - Visitability Requirements for Publicly Assisted Dwellings FOR the purpose of requiring certain visitability features for dwellings newly constructed with public assistance; setting certain standards for accessible entries and interior features; authorizing waivers under certain circumstances; defining certain terms; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to visitability requirements for publicly assisted dwellings.
• Sponsors: Robert Curran, James B. Kraft, President Young, Helen L. Holton, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Belinda Conaway, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger, Kenneth Harris, Keiffer Mitchell, Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Building Code

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/7/2007	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
1/22/2007	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
12/7/2006	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
12/7/2006	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report
8/14/2006	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing	Pass
5/1/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/27/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/27/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/27/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/27/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/27/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/27/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/27/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/27/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/24/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
4/24/2006	0	City Council	Assigned

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.
D R A F T INTRODUCTORY* D R A F T

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Curran

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Building Code - Visitability Requirements for Publicly Assisted Dwellings

FOR the purpose of requiring certain visitability features for dwellings newly constructed with public assistance; setting certain standards for accessible entries and interior features; authorizing waivers under certain circumstances; defining certain terms; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to visitability requirements for publicly assisted dwellings.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, without amendment
Article - Zoning
Section(s) 1-136(c)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)

BY repealing and reordaining, without amendment
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Section(s) 2-103 (IBC § 202.2.16.4 and .5)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)

BY adding
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Section(s) 2-103 (IBC Chapter 34A)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)

Recitals

No local laws currently require that new single-family dwellings be constructed to be visitable by persons with disabilities.

Persons with disabilities and their families are often isolated in their own homes because their homes and the homes of others contain insurmountable barriers. Making houses visitable would make it easier for families with disabiliti...