* 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 Costello
At the request of: Redwood Campus Center, LLC
Address: c/o Joseph R. Woolman, III, J.R. Woolman, LLC, 145 West Ostend Street, Suite 600,
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: 410-385-5328
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
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Release of Easement - 10 South Howard Street
For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to release a pedestrian easement located on the property known as 10 South Howard Street and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date.
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By authority of
Article V - Comptroller
Section 5(b)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
Recitals
Redwood Campus Center, LLC, has contracted to purchase the property known as 10 South Howard Street. The property was acquired by a previous owner from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, pursuant to a deed dated May 28, 1992, and recorded in Liber 3215, folio 0206. At that time the City reserved to itself a pedestrian easement through the center of the property.
The contract purchaser is in the process of designing and developing a mixed-use project on the property, and the existing easement interferes with development and is no longer needed for public use. By releasing the easement, the City will aid and promote the development of the project on the property, which will inure to the benefit of the City.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That, in accordance with Article V, § 5(b) of the City Charter, the City Comptroller may release all the interest of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in the pedestrian easement at the center of the property known as 10 South Howard Street, and more particularly described on the plat labeled Exhibit B of the deed dated May 28, 1992, and recorded in Liber 3215, folio 0206, a copy of which is attached to this Ordinance, with the easement area being more particularly described on Exhibit B-1 of the same deed, a copy of which is also attached to this Ordinance.
Section 2. And be it further ordained, That if the owner of the property determines to file a document in the Land Records of Baltimore City that releases the easement, that document will require the approval of the City Solicitor.
Section 3. And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.