City Council  
City of Baltimore  
City Hall, Room 408  
100 North Holliday Street  
Baltimore, Maryland 21202  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Land Use & Transportation Committee  
Thursday, November 20, 2025  
9:00 AM  
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CALL TO ORDER  
INTRODUCTIONS  
ATTENDANCE  
5 -  
Present  
Ryan Dorsey, Sharon Green Middleton, Mark Parker, John Bullock, and Zac  
Blanchard  
2 - Paris Gray, and Phylicia Porter  
Excused  
ROLL CALL  
ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
25-0055  
Zoning – Conditional Use – Parking Lot (Principal Use) – Variances  
701 Mura Street  
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the  
establishment, maintenance, and operation of a principal use parking lot on  
the property known as 701 Mura Street (Block 1155, Lot 70), as outlined in  
red on the accompanying plat; granting certain variances from minimum lot  
area, minimum interior side yard, and minimum rear yard requirements;  
and providing for a special effective date.  
Jermaine Jones  
Sponsors:  
This hearing was held but the vote postponed until the next meeting  
of the committee on December 1st  
25-0056  
Zoning – Conditional Use – Parking Lot (Principal Use) – Variances  
702 Mura Street  
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the  
establishment, maintenance, and operation of a principal use parking lot on  
the property known as 702 Mura Street (Block 1155, Lot 101), as outlined  
in red on the accompanying plat; granting certain variances from minimum  
lot area, minimum interior side yard, and minimum rear yard requirements;  
and providing for a special effective date.  
Jermaine Jones  
Sponsors:  
This hearing was held but the vote postponed until the next meeting  
of the committee on December 1st  
25-0071  
Zoning – Conditional Use Conversion of Single-Family Dwelling Unit to 2  
Dwelling Units in the R-8 Zoning District – Variances – 15 East West  
Street  
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the  
conversion of a single-family dwelling unit to 2 dwelling units in the R-8  
Zoning District on the property known as 15 East West Street (Block 0965,  
Lot 046), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat; granting a variance  
regarding certain bulk regulations (lot size area); and providing for a  
special effective date.  
Zac Blanchard  
Sponsors:  
A motion was made by Dorsey that this Ordinance be Recommended Favorably.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Dorsey, Middleton, Parker, and Blanchard  
1 - Bullock  
Yes:  
Out-Chamber:  
25-0073  
Zoning – Conditional Use Conversion to a Banquet Hall in the IMU-1  
Zoning District – Variances – 1100 Wicomico Street  
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the  
establishment, maintenance, and operation of a banquet hall on the  
property known as 1100 Wicomico Street (Block 0811, Lot 060), as  
outlined in red on the accompanying plat; granting variances regarding  
off-street parking requirements; and providing for a special effective date.  
Phylicia Porter  
Sponsors:  
This hearing was held but the vote postponed until the next meeting  
of the committee on December 1st  
25-0090  
Zoning – Conditional Use Conversion of a Single-Family Dwelling to 2  
Dwelling Units in the R-7 Zoning District – Variance – 220 North Culver  
Street  
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the  
conversion of a single-family dwelling unit to 2 dwelling units in the R-7  
Zoning District on the property known as 220 North Culver Street (Block  
2275A, Lot 135), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat; granting a  
variance regarding certain bulk regulations (lot size area); and providing for  
a special effective date.  
Paris Gray  
Sponsors:  
This hearing was held but the vote postponed until the next meeting  
of the committee on December 1st  
25-0091  
Zoning – Conditional Use Conversion of a Single-Family Dwelling to 4  
Dwelling Units in the R-8 Zoning District – Variance – 1425 West Fayette  
Street  
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the  
conversion of a single-family dwelling unit to 4 dwelling units in the R-8  
Zoning District on the property known as 1425 West Fayette Street (Block  
0197, Lot 013), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat; granting a  
variance regarding certain bulk regulations (lot size area); and providing for  
a special effective date.  
John Bullock  
Sponsors:  
A motion was made by Dorsey that this Ordinance be Recommended Favorably.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
5 - Dorsey, Middleton, Parker, Bullock, and Blanchard  
Yes:  
25-0066  
Zoning – Housing Options and Opportunity  
FOR the purpose of amending certain provisions of the Baltimore City  
Zoning Code to promote increased development of low-density multi-family  
dwellings in certain residential districts; striking residential conversion  
standards for single-family dwellings into multi-family dwellings; amending  
certain permitted and conditional uses; amending certain bulk and yard  
standards; and defining certain terms.  
City Council President (Administration), Ryan Dorsey, Paris Gray, Zac Blanchard  
Sponsors:  
This hearing was recessed  
THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC