City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0549

• File #: 15-0549
• Version: 0
• Name: Release of Right-of-Way - a 20-Foot Wide Right-of-Way through the Former Bed of Tyson Street
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 7/20/2015
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/14/2015
• Enactment #: 15-431
• Title: Release of Right-of-Way - a 20-Foot Wide Right-of-Way through the Former Bed of Tyson Street FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore of all its interests in and to the 20-foot wide right-of-way heretofore granted the City of Baltimore through the former bed of Tyson Street, extending from West Franklin Street northerly 380 feet, more or less, to West Centre Street, in the vicinity of North Howard Street and Park Avenue, the location and course of the 20-foot wide right-of-way to be released being shown on a plat numbered RW 20-36387 in the Office of the Department of Transportation; and providing for a special effective date.
• Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
• Indexes: Release, Right-of-Way

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/11/2016	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
12/7/2015	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
11/16/2015	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader, for Final Passage
11/16/2015	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably
11/2/2015	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
10/26/2015	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Board of Estimates
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Parking Authority Board
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Real Estate
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Transportation
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Planning Commission
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
7/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
7/20/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
7/20/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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

Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Transportation)

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Release of Right-of-Way - a 20-Foot Wide Right-of-Way through the Former Bed of Tyson Street
FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore of all its interests in and to the 20-foot wide right-of-way heretofore granted the City of Baltimore through the former bed of Tyson Street, extending from West Franklin Street northerly 380 feet, more or less, to West Centre Street, in the vicinity of North Howard Street and Park Avenue, the location and course of the 20-foot wide right-of-way to be released being shown on a plat numbered RW 20-36387 in the Office of the Department of Transportation; and providing for a special effective date.
body

BY authority of
Article I ? General Provisions
Section 4
and
Article II ? General Powers
Section 31
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

Recitals

WHEREAS, By Ordinance 41-463, approved May 9, 1941, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore condemned and closed Tyson Street, 20 feet wide, extending from Franklin Street to Centre Street; and

WHEREAS, Sections 2, 3, and 4 of Ordinance 41-463 provided that a right-of-way through the closed portion of Tyson Street was to be retained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for municipal utilities and services; and

WHEREAS, The right-of-way hereinafter described is no longer needed for public use, the public utility that had previously been th...