* 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
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Recreation and Parks)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Acquisition of Property - Block 6990, Lots 1 - 7, and Block 6991, Lots 1 - 26
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, the fee simple or other interests in certain property known as Block 6990, Lots 1 through 7, and Block 6991, Lots 1 through 26, and needed to create a public park; and providing for a special effective date.
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BY authority of
Article I - General Provisions
Section 4
and
Article II - General Powers
Sections 2 and 21
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That it is necessary to acquire, for the purpose of creating a public park, the fee simple or other interests that the Director of Public Works considers needed or sufficient in the land and improvements known as Block 6990, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and Block 6991, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26.
Together with all right, title, interest, and estate that the owner of that property has in all streets, alleys, ways, or lanes, public or private, contained within or abutting the property.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the Department of Real Estate, or any other person or agency that the Board of Estimates designates, may negotiate and acquire on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore the fee simple or other interests in the land and improvements described in this Ordinance as needed or sufficient for the purposes described in this Ordinance. If the Department of Real Estate, or the person or agency otherwise designated by the Board of Estimates, is unable to agree with the owner on the purchase price for the property, it shall promptly notify the City Solicitor, who shall institute the necessary legal proceedings to acquire by condemnation the fee simple or other interests needed or sufficient for the purposes described in this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That proceedings for the acquisition by condemnation of the property described in this Ordinance and all rights of all parties interested or affected shall be in accordance with Title 12 of the Real Property Article of the Maryland Code.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.
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