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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Reisinger
At the request of: CBAC Borrower, LLC
Address: c/o Stanley S. Fine, Esquire, Rosenberg | Martin | Greenberg, LLP, 25 South Charles
Street, Suite 2115, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Telephone: 410-727-6600
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Zoning - Sign Regulations for Video Lottery Facilities
FOR the purpose of amending the definition of "video lottery facility" to include associated parking facilities located on adjacent lots; and amending the sign regulations to establish specific regulations for signs for video lottery facilities.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article - Zoning
Section(s) 1-196.1, 11-416 (Chart, note (a)), and 11-417(a)
Baltimore City Revised 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 Revised Code
Article - Zoning
Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions
§ 1-196.1. Video lottery facility.
(a) In general.
"Video lottery facility" means a facility that has been awarded a Video Lottery Operation License by the Maryland Video Lottery Location Commission under State Government Article, Title 9, Subtitle 1A.
(b) Inclusions.
"Video lottery facility" includes:
(1) the permitted number of video lottery terminals;
(2) associated food and beverage operations; [and]
(3) associated live entertainment and dancing;[.] AND
(4) ASSOCIATED PARKING FACILITIES LOCATED ON ADJACENT LOTS.
Title 11. Sign Regulations
Subtitle 4. Signs in Business and Industrial Districts
§ 11-416. Nameplates, business signs, and identification signs.
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(a)The total permitted area of all signs is the product in square feet of multiplying the lineal feet of the length
of the building facing the front lot line by the area factor. Where the building wall fronts on 2 or more streets, the sign area for each street is computed separately. Also, where a building covers less than 200 square feet of lot area, or a use is operated on the lot without a building, then the total area of all signs may not exceed an area factor of 1 for each foot of street frontage, computed separately for each street on which the lot adjoins. In no case may signs permitted under this section exceed a combined area of 500 square feet on any lot in B-1 Districts. NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE PROVISIONS, THE TOTAL PERMITTED AREA OF ALL SIGNS FOR A VIDEO LOTTERY FACILITY IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE AREA FACTOR SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TOTAL PERMITTED AREA OF ALL SIGNS FOR A VIDEO LOTTERY FACILITY MAY NOT EXCEED 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
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§ 11-417. Parking access signs.
(a) Section inapplicable to VIDEO LOTTERY FACILITIES AND TO special-event parking.
This section does not apply to VIDEO LOTTERY FACILITIES OR TO special-event parking lots operating under and in compliance with City Code Article 15, Subtitle 13 {"Parking facilities - Special-Event Parking Lots"}. Special-event parking lots are subject to the signage requirements in Article 15, § 13-13 {"Indentification signs"}.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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