City Council

City of Baltimore

City Hall, Room 408

100 North Holliday Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Meeting Minutes - Final

Land Use & Transportation Committee

Thursday, February 26, 2026

9:00 AM

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CALL TO ORDER

INTRODUCTIONS

ATTENDANCE

6 -

Present

Ryan Dorsey, Mark Parker, Paris Gray, John Bullock, Phylicia Porter, and Zac

Blanchard

1 - Sharon Green Middleton

Excused

ROLL CALL

ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING

25-0101

Repeal of Ordinances 86-711 and 92-147 Planned Unit Development

–Mount Clare Junction

FOR the purpose of repealing Ordinance 86-711, as amended by

Ordinance 92-147, which designated certain properties a Business

Planned Unit Development known as Mount Clare Junction; and providing

for a special effective date.

Phylicia Porter

Sponsors:

A motion was made by Porter that this Ordinance be Recommended Favorably.

The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Yes:

25-0104

Sale of Property – 2405 Linden Avenue

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to

sell, at either public or private sale, all its interest in certain property located

at 2405 Linden Avenue (Block 3463A, Lot 008A) and no longer needed for

public use; and providing for a special effective date.

City Council President (Office of the Comptroller)

Sponsors:

A motion was made by Dorsey that this Ordinance be Recommended Favorably.

The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Yes:

25-0015

Zoning – Conditional Use – Crematorium

FOR the purpose of creating a stand-alone use in the Zoning Code for

crematoriums; amending certain related definitions; revising certain zoning

tables to include the use “crematorium”; making conforming changes;

providing for a special effective date; and generally related to creating the

stand-alone use “crematorium” in the Zoning Code.

Mark Conway, Mark Parker, Ryan Dorsey, Odette Ramos, Zeke Cohen

Sponsors:

This Hearing Was Recessed

25-0016

Zoning Code – Minor Variances – Modifications

FOR the purpose of amending provisions of the Baltimore City Zoning

Code relating to minor variances.

Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Jermaine Jones, Zeke Cohen

Sponsors:

This Hearing Was Recessed

25-0117

Zoning – Conditional Use Live Entertainment – 1421 Ridgely Street

FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the

establishment, maintenance, and operation of the premises for live

entertainment on the property known as 1421 Ridgely Street (Block 0839,

Lot 004) in the C-4 Zoning District, as outlined in red on the accompanying

plat; and providing for a special effective date.

Phylicia Porter

Sponsors:

The Amendment was motioned by Porter and recommended favorably by

all committee members present

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

with Amendment. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Yes:

25-0127

Rezoning – 4188 ½ O’Donnell Street and Block 6543A, Lot 001B

FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 4188

½ O’Donnell Street (Block 6543A, Lot 001A) and Block 6543A, Lot 001B,

as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the I-2 Zoning District to

the C-2 Zoning District; and providing for a special effective date.

Mark Parker

Sponsors:

A motion was made by Parker that this Ordinance be Recommended Favorably.

The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Yes:

25-0081

Zoning – Conditional Use Conversion of a Single-Family Dwelling to 3

Dwelling Units in the R-7 Zoning District – 6901 Reisterstown Road

FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the

conversion of a single-family dwelling unit to 3 dwelling units in the R-7

Zoning District on the property known as 6901 Reisterstown Road (Block

4218D, Lot 001), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat; and

providing for a special effective date.

Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer

Sponsors:

A motion was made by Dorsey that this Ordinance be Recommended Favorably.

The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Yes:

ADJOURNMENT

THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC