City of Baltimore - File #: 17-0006

• File #: 17-0006
• Version: 0
• Name: Real Estate Practices - Disclosures - Industrial, Railroad, and Truck Operations
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 1/9/2017
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/4/2017
• Title: Real Estate Practices - Disclosures - Industrial, Railroad, and Truck Operations For the purpose of specifying a certain format for and broadening the scope of a pre-sale disclosure required to be given potential buyers of real property; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to disclosures required in real estate transactions.
• Sponsors: Zeke Cohen, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Brandon M. Scott
• Indexes: Disclosures, Industrial Growth, Operation, Railroad, Real Estate

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/4/2017	0	City Council	Withdrawn
2/27/2017	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/12/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
1/12/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
1/12/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
1/12/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Planning
1/9/2017	0	City Council	Assigned
1/9/2017	0	City Council	Introduced

Introduced by: Councilmember Cohen

A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
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Real Estate Practices - Disclosures - Industrial, Railroad, and Truck Operations
For the purpose of specifying a certain format for and broadening the scope of a pre-sale disclosure required to be given potential buyers of real property; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to disclosures required in real estate transactions.
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By repealing ands reordaining, with amendments
Article 2 - Consumer Protections
Section(s) 14-6
Baltimore City Code
(As amended by Ord. 16-581)

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], and truck 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, printed in bold capital letters, enclosed in a red box, and requiring the buyer’s signature to acknowledge the buyer’s receipt of the disclosure:

Disclosure of [Heavy-]Industrial Operations, [and] Railroad Operations,
and truck routes

Buyer is advised that the property may be located near [heavy-]industrial operations [(] - that is, land uses limited to an [I-2 General] Industrial Zoning District[, an MI Maritime Industrial Zoning District, or a T Transportation Zoning District)] - or near railroad operations or truck routes.

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, ...