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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Law Department)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Release of an Easement - 414 Light Street
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to release an easement pertaining to certain property known as 414 Light Street, the easement being no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date.
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BY authority of
Article V - Comptroller
Section 5(b)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
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414 Light Street Associates, LLC, owns the property known as 414 Light Street. The northern portion of the property was acquired by a previous owner from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, pursuant to a deed dated October 22, 1979, and recorded at Liber 3853, folio 042. At that time, the City reserved to itself an easement for the erection and maintenance of a screening and retaining wall on the northern edge of the property.
The current owner is in the process of designing and developing a mixed use project on the property, and the existence of the easement for the screening and retaining wall interferes with development. By releasing the easement, the City will aid and promote the development of the project on the property, which will inure to the benefit of the City.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That in accordance with Article V, ยง 5(b) of the City Charter, the City Comptroller shall release a public easement relating to the northern edge of...
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