Baltimore City Council
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
On agenda: Final action: 12/5/2016
Enactment #:
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
Attachments: 1. 16-0765~1st Reader, 2. HCD 16-0765, 3. BDC 16-0765, 4. City Solicitor 16-0765

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 4)] or near railroad operations.

 

 

These operations may involve the use of machinery, trucks, or trains, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and may create or cause noises, odors, fumes, bright lights, vibrations, and safety hazards.

 

Detailed information on the location of [heavy-industrial (M-3)] industrial zones and on the location of railroad tracks can be found on the “Baltimore CityView” website, at  http://cityview.baltimorecity.gov.

 

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.