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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Reisinger
At the request of: St. Agnes Hospital
Address: c/o Caroline L. Hecker, Esq., Rosenberg / Martin / Greenberg, LLP, 25 S. Charles Street, Suite 2115, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Telephone: 410-727-6600
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Zoning - Office-Residence Districts - Accessory Shops
FOR the purpose of increasing the maximum aggregate size allowed for certain accessory shop uses in an Office-Residence District.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article - Zoning
Section(s) 5-202(2)
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 5. Office Residence Districts
Subtitle 2. O R District
Part I. Use Regulations
��5 202. Accessory uses.
In an O R District, accessory uses and structures include the following:
(2) Accessory shops in a multiple family building that contains 50 or more dwelling and efficiency units or in a building that contains more than 20,000 square feet of gross floor area devoted to business and professional office use, subject to the following conditions:
(i) the uses are limited to dining room, cocktail lounge, drug store or pharmacy, newsstand, retail food shops, beauty shops, barber shops, and similar personal service shops primarily for the occupants of the building;
(ii) the use must be conducted entirely inside the building;
(iii) the aggregate of all [such] THESE uses may not exceed THE GREATER OF:
(A) [7%] 10% of the gross floor area of the building; OR
(B) IF ALL THESE USES ARE LOCATED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE GROUNG FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, THE FLOOR AREA OF THE ENTIRE GROUND FLOOR; and
(iv) no exterior advertising sign is allowed, except 1 non illuminated or indirectly illuminated identification sign that:
(A) is limited to the name or description of the use;
(B) does not exceed 3 square feet;
(C) is no more than 12 feet high; and
(D) does not project more than 8 inches from the building.
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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