City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0200R

• File #: 15-0200R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Valet Parking Program
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/12/2015
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 3/2/2015
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Valet Parking Program FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Departments of Finance and Transportation, the Parking Authority of Baltimore City, the BMZA, and the Baltimore City Police Department to appear before the Council to report on the implementation of the valet parking program created by ordinance in 2013, as well as revenue generated thus far as a result of this law, including but not limited to, application fees, licensing fees, and citations issued for businesses that are not in compliance.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Eric T. Costello, Robert Curran, Bill Henry, Rochelle Spector, Nick Mosby, Carl Stokes, Brandon M. Scott, William "Pete" Welch, Warren Branch, Edward Reisinger, President Young
• Indexes: Investigative Hearing, Program, Valet Parking

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/2/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
3/2/2015	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
1/26/2015	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2015	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/12/2015	0	City Council	Introduced
1/12/2015	0	City Council	Assigned

* 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 R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Valet Parking Program
FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Departments of Finance and Transportation, the Parking Authority of Baltimore City, the BMZA, and the Baltimore City Police Department to appear before the Council to report on the implementation of the valet parking program created by ordinance in 2013, as well as revenue generated thus far as a result of this law, including but not limited to, application fees, licensing fees, and citations issued for businesses that are not in compliance.
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Recitals

After much debate and discussion, in early 2013 the City Council approved Council Bill 120081 creating a comprehensive regulatory scheme for valet parking in Baltimore. The 2013 bill broke new ground as before it’s passage valet parking was largely unregulated. Since Baltimore had previously had little experience with regulating valet parking, it was assumed that implementing the new law would require additional regulation as concerns arose during its roll out into the city as a whole.

Valet regulations to supplement and further define the process by which valet parking operators, and venues desiring valet parking zones, must comply with the new Valet Parking Subtitle in Baltimore’s Transit and Traffic Article began implementation on August 1, 2013. Since that time, there has been...