City Council  
City of Baltimore  
City Hall, Room 408  
100 North Holliday Street  
Baltimore, Maryland 21202  
Meeting Minutes - Draft  
Land Use & Transportation Committee  
Thursday, July 2, 2026  
9:00 AM  
Du Burns Council Chamber, 4th floor, City Hall Phone:  
1-408-418-9388, Access code: 2347 159 9622,  
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Land Use Docket Hearing - 26-0197, 26-0178, 26-0175,26-0155 (hearing canceled  
pending rescheduling), 26-0153  
CALL TO ORDER  
INTRODUCTIONS  
ATTENDANCE  
7 -  
Present  
Ryan Dorsey, Sharon Green Middleton, Mark Parker, Paris Gray, John Bullock,  
Phylicia Porter, and Zac Blanchard  
ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
26-0197  
RPP Area 48 (Riverside) – Revisions  
FOR the purpose of increasing the allotment of parking permits for  
churches and increasing the hours for those permits in the Parking  
Management Plan Restatement for RPP Area 48.  
Zac Blanchard  
Sponsors:  
A motion was made by Middleton that this Ordinance be Recommended  
Favorably to the Baltimore City Council. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
5 - Dorsey, Middleton, Parker, Gray, and Blanchard  
2 - Bullock, and Porter  
Yes:  
Out-Chamber:  
26-0175  
Street Names – Authority to Change Suffix  
FOR the purpose of granting to the City Council the authority to change the  
suffix of a street name.  
Sponsors: Zac Blanchard, Mark Parker, Ryan Dorsey, Sharon Green Middleton, Jermaine Jones,  
Odette Ramos  
A motion was made by Dorsey that this Ordinance be Recommended Favorably  
to the Baltimore City Council. The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Dorsey, Middleton, Parker, Gray, and Blanchard  
2 - Bullock, and Porter  
Yes:  
Out-Chamber:  
26-0178  
Baltimore Harbor – Transfer of Authority to Department of Transportation  
FOR the purpose of repealing obsolete provisions of Subtitle 5 {“Harbor”}  
of the Public Local Laws of Baltimore City and Article 10 {“Harbors, Docks,  
and Wharves”} of the Baltimore City Code regarding Baltimore Harbor;  
transferring the authority to regulate Baltimore Harbor from the Department  
of Housing and Community Development to the Department of  
Transportation; establishing the Office of the Harbormaster and all  
attendant authorities and duties under the Department of Transportation;  
and otherwise relating to the use and management of Baltimore Harbor  
City Council President (Administration)  
Sponsors:  
This hearing was recessed and a voting session called for July 9th 2026  
26-0153  
Measurement of Building Height – Gambrel Roofs  
FOR the purpose of amending the calculation of building height  
measurement for buildings with gambrel roofs.  
Mark Parker  
Sponsors:  
A motion was made by Blanchard that this Ordinance be Recommended  
Favorably with Amendment to the Baltimore City Council. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
5 - Dorsey, Middleton, Parker, Gray, and Blanchard  
2 - Bullock, and Porter  
Yes:  
Out-Chamber:  
ADJOURNMENT  
THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC