City Council

City of Baltimore

City Hall, Room 408

100 North Holliday Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Meeting Minutes - Final

Land Use & Transportation Committee

Thursday, September 18, 2025

10:00 AM

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CALL TO ORDER

INTRODUCTIONS

ATTENDANCE

7 -

Present

Ryan Dorsey, Sharon Green Middleton, Mark Parker, Paris Gray, John Bullock,

Phylicia Porter, and Zac Blanchard

ROLL CALL

ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING

25-0040

Zoning – Uses – Retail: Small Box Establishment

FOR the purpose of making small box discount retail stores a conditional

use by approval of the Board of Municipal Zoning Appeals in all

commercial zoning districts; setting use standards for new small box

discount retail stores; and defining certain terms.

Sponsors: Sharon Green Middleton, Odette Ramos, Mark Parker, Ryan Dorsey, Mark Conway,

James Torrence, Paris Gray, John Bullock, Phylicia Porter, Antonio "Tony" Glover, Zac

Blanchard

A motion was made by Middleton that this Ordinance be Recommended

Favorably with Amendment to the Land Use & Transportation Committee. The

motion carried by the following vote:

7 - Dorsey, Middleton, Parker, Gray, Bullock, Porter, and Blanchard

Yes:

25-0062

Building Code – Single Exit from Residential Occupancy

FOR the purpose of permitting certain residential buildings to have a single

exit or access to a single exit, so long as certain conditions are met

regarding the construction of the exit.

Sponsors: Ryan Dorsey, Mark Conway, Paris Gray, John Bullock, Zac Blanchard, Odette Ramos,

Zeke Cohen

This hearing was recessed

25-0064

Zoning – Bulk and Yard Requirements - Amendments

FOR the purpose of amending certain bulk and yard requirements in

residential zoning districts.

Sponsors: Paris Gray, Ryan Dorsey, Sharon Green Middleton, James Torrence, Zac Blanchard,

Odette Ramos, Zeke Cohen, John Bullock, Phylicia Porter

A motion was made by Gray that this Ordinance be Recommended Favorably

with Amendment. The motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Dorsey, Parker, Gray, Bullock, Porter, and Blanchard

1 - Middleton

Yes:

No:

25-0065

Zoning – Eliminating Off-Street Parking Requirements

FOR the purpose of repealing requirements for providing a minimum

number of off-street parking spaces per use type; setting certain parking

maximums; and correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions

and tables.

Zac Blanchard, Ryan Dorsey, Paris Gray, Zeke Cohen

Sponsors:

A motion was made by Blanchard that this Ordinance be Recommended

Favorably with Amendment. The motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Dorsey, Parker, Gray, Bullock, and Blanchard

2 - Middleton, and Porter

Yes:

No:

ADJOURNMENT

THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC