City of Baltimore - File #: 16-0765

• File #: 16-0765
• Version: 0
• Name: Disclosure of Industrial and Railroad Operations - Stand-Alone Disclosure Required
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 10/24/2016
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 12/5/2016
• Title: Disclosure of Industrial and Railroad Operations - Stand-Alone Disclosure Required For the purpose of requiring a prominent disclosure before any sale of real property directing buyers to review the City’s map of industrial zones and railroad locations; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to required disclosures in real estate transactions.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, Sharon Green Middleton, President Young, Eric T. Costello, Brandon M. Scott, Nick Mosby, William "Pete" Welch, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Disclosures, Operation, Railroad

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2016	0	City Council	Re-referred to Committee
11/14/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
11/3/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
11/1/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for Voting Session
11/1/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
10/27/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
10/27/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
10/27/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
10/24/2016	0	City Council	Assigned
10/24/2016	0	City Council	Introduced
10/24/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* 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: Councilmember Kraft


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
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Disclosure of Industrial and Railroad Operations - Stand-Alone Disclosure Required
For the purpose of requiring a prominent disclosure before any sale of real property directing buyers to review the City’s map of industrial zones and railroad locations; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to required disclosures in real estate transactions.
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By repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 2 - Consumer Protections
Section(s) 14-6
Baltimore City 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 Code

Article 2. Consumer Protections

Subtitle 14. Real Estate Practices - Disclosures

§ 14-6. [Heavy-industrial] Industrial and railroad operations.

On or before entering into a contract for the sale of any real property, the seller must provide the buyer with the following disclosure on a separate, stand-alone, page requiring the buyer’s signature:

Disclosure of [Heavy-Industrial] Industrial and Railroad Operations

Buyer is advised that the property may be located near [heavy-industrial] industrial operations [(that is, land uses limited to an M-3 Industrial Zoning District under Zoning Code Title 7, Subtitle...