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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Public Works)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Franchise - Private Steam Line Under and Across Central Avenue and North Caroline Street
FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to The Johns Hopkins Hospital to construct, use, and maintain a private steam line under the Central Avenue and North Caroline Street rights-of-way, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
BY authority of
Article VIII - Franchises
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
Recitals
The Johns Hopkins Hospital will be constructing a steam line and appurtenant vaults to service its facilities in an area beginning in the 500 block of Central Avenue and extending to the 500 block of North Caroline Street and into the Johns Hopkins Hospital complex.
Portions of the private steam line and vaults will be located beneath the surface of the Central Avenue and North Caroline Street rights-of-way, and portions will cross 1400 Orleans Street and 540 North Caroline Street, which are properties owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the "City Properties"). The portions of steam line crossing the City Properties will be subject to perpetual easements and will require an ordinance separate from this franchise ordinance. The steam line will be located and begin 7 feet beneath the surface of the public rights-of-way.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That a franchi...
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