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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 General Services)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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City Streets - Opening - Certain Streets and Alleys or Portions of Them Bounded by North Avenue, Warwick Avenue, Baker Street, and the CSX Transportation Inc. Railroad Right of Way
FOR the purpose of condemning and opening certain streets and alleys or portions of them bounded by North Avenue, Warwick Avenue, Baker Street, and the CSX Transportation Inc. Railroad Right of Way, as shown on Plat 298-A-16 in the Office of the Department of General Services; 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, 34, and 35
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Department of General Services shall proceed to condemn and open certain streets and alleys or portions of them bounded by North Avenue, Warwick Avenue, Baker Street, and the CSX Transportation Inc. Railroad Right of Way, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning for Parcel No. 1 at the point formed by the intersection of the south side of North Avenue, 100 feet wide, and the east side of Thomas Avenue, 66 feet wide, and running thence binding on the east side of said Thomas Avenue, Southerly 1071.8 feet, more or less, to intersect the north side of Baker Street, 66 feet wide; thence binding on the north side of said Baker Street, Westerly 66.0 feet to intersect the west side of said Thomas Avenue; thence binding on the west side of said Thomas Avenue, Northerly 1071.8 feet, more or less, to intersect the south side of said North Avenue, and thence binding on the south side of said North Avenue, Easterly 66.0 feet to the place of beginning.
Beginning for Parcel No. 2 at the point formed by the intersection of the west side of Thomas Avenue, 66 feet wide, and the south side of Presbury Street, 66 feet wide, and running thence binding on the south side of said Presbury Street, Westerly 115.0 feet, more or less, to the westernmost extremity of said Presbury
Street, there situate, the westernmost extremity of said Presbury Street is also the easternmost extremity of the former bed of Presbury Street, 66 feet wide, as condemned and closed under Ordinance No. 1203, approved December 2, 1967 by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; thence binding on the westernmost extremity of said Presbury Street, Northerly 66.0 feet to intersect the north side of said Presbury Street; thence binding on the north side of said Presbury Street, Easterly 115.0 feet, more or less, to intersect the west side of said Thomas Avenue, and thence binding on the west side of said Thomas Avenue, Southerly 66.0 feet to the place of beginning.
Beginning for Parcel No. 3 at the point formed by the intersection of the south side of North Avenue, 100 feet wide, and the east side of Whitmore Avenue, 66 feet wide, and running thence binding on the east side of said Whitmore Avenue, Southerly 100.0 feet, more or less, to the southernmost extremity of said Whitmore Avenue, there situate, the southernmost extremity of said Whitmore Avenue is also the northernmost extremity of the former bed of Whitmore Avenue, 66 feet wide, as condemned and closed under Ordinance No. 559, approved November 26, 2007 by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; thence binding on the southernmost extremity of said Whitmore Avenue, Westerly 66.0 feet to intersect the west side of said Whitmore Avenue; thence binding on the west side of said Whitmore Avenue, Northerly 100.0 feet, more or less, to intersect the south side of said North Avenue, and thence binding on the south side of said North Avenue, Easterly 66.0 feet to the place of beginning.
Beginning for Parcel No. 4 at the point formed by the intersection of the north side of Presbury Street, 20 feet wide, and the west side of Warwick Avenue, 66 feet wide, and running thence binding on the west side of said Warwick Avenue, Southerly 20.0 feet to intersect the south side of said Presbury Street; thence binding on the south side of said Presbury Street, Westerly 80.0 feet, more or less; thence by a straight line through the bed of said Presbury Street, Northerly 10.0 feet, more or less, to intersect the centerline of said Presbury Street; thence binding on the centerline of said Presbury Street, Westerly 30.0 feet, more or less, to intersect the east side of a 10-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. 1601 through 1733 Thomas Avenue; thence binding on the east side of said 10-foot alley, Northerly 10.0 feet to intersect the north side of said Presbury Street, and thence binding on the north side of said Presbury Street, Easterly 110.0 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.
As delineated on Plat 298-A-16, prepared by the Survey Control Section and filed on November 15, 2012, in the Office of the Department of General Services.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the proceedings for the condemnation and opening of certain streets and alleys or portions of them and the rights of all interested parties shall be regulated by and in accordance with all applicable provisions of state and local law and with all applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Director of General Services and filed with the Department of Legislative Reference.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.
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