City of Baltimore

City Council

City Hall, Room 408

100 North Holliday Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Meeting Agenda - Final

Monday, November 18, 2024

5:00 PM

City Hall, 4th Floor, Du Burns Chambers

Baltimore City Council

Nicholas J. Mosby, President of the Council - District 1: Zeke Cohen - District 2:

Danielle N. McCray - District 3: Ryan Dorsey - District 4: Mark Conway - District 5:

Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer - District 6: Sharon Green Middleton - District 7: James

Torrence - District 8: Kristerfer Burnett - District 9: John T. Bullock - District 10:

Phylicia Porter - District 11: Eric T. Costello - District 12: Robert Stokes, Sr. - District

13: Antonio Glover - District 14: Odette Ramos

Call to Order

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance

Showcase Baltimore

Patterson High School Boys’ Soccer team, 2024 City Schools district champions and 3A North II

Regional champions

Roll Call

Approval of the Journal

November 4, 2024

Communications from the Mayor

Executive Nominations

EA24-0261

Doris Minor Terrell

Member - Community Reinvestment and Reparations Commission -

District 12

RULES AND LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

EA24-0262

EA24-0263

Leland Shelton

Member - Baltimore City Inclusionary Housing Board - District 6

RULES AND LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

Shelley Halstead

Member - Inclusionary Housing Board Member - District 9

RULES AND LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

Consent Calendar

(See Section A at back of Agenda)

2R Second Reader

Education, Workforce, and Youth

24-0568

Community Relations Commission - Powers and Duties - Complaint Period

For the purpose of increasing the time within which complaints of unlawful practices

must be filed with the Community Relations Commission; making certain related

amendments; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Phylicia Porter, City Council President (Administration), Odette Ramos, Kristerfer

Burnett, Robert Stokes, Sr., John T. Bullock, Sharon Green Middleton, Mark Conway

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

Public Safety and Government Operations

24-0584

Baltimore City Government Entities - Language Access

For the purpose of requiring a certain Baltimore government entity to appoint a

language access liaison and adopt a Language Access Plan; requiring a Baltimore

government entity to provide language access services to specified individuals;

establishing certain reporting requirements; defining certain terms; providing for a

special effective date; and generally relating to the provision of language access

services by Baltimore government entities.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration), Odette Ramos

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS

Rules and Legislative Oversight

24-0554

Building, Fire, and Related Codes - Corrective Amendment

For the purpose of correcting an amendment regarding permit extensions made during

the course of adopting the 2021 Edition of the Building, Fire, and Related Codes; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

Ways and Means

23-0455

Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of a Single-Family Dwelling Unit to 4

Dwelling Units in the R-8 Zoning District - 1127 North Caroline Street

For the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the conversion of a

single-family dwelling unit into 4 dwelling units in the R-8 Zoning District on the

property known as 1127 North Caroline Street (Block 1177, Lot 033), as outlined in

red on the accompanying plat; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Robert Stokes, Sr.

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

24-0496

Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of Single-Family Dwelling Units to 3

Dwelling Units in the R-8 Zoning District - Variances - 2904, 2910, and 2914

Parkwood Avenue

For the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the conversion of certain

single-family dwelling units to 3 dwelling units in the R-8 Zoning District on the

properties known as 2904 Parkwood Avenue (Block 3244, Lot 044), 2910

Parkwood Avenue (Block 3244, Lot 041), and 2914 Parkwood Avenue (Block

3244, Lot 039), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat; granting variances

certain bulk regulations (lot size area) and off-street parking requirements; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

James Torrence

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS

24-0517

Rezoning - 1500, 1502, and 1508 Desoto Road

For the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 1500, 1502, and

1508 Desoto Road (Block 7765; Lots 7, 14, and 15), as outlined in red on the

accompanying plat, from the R-6 Zoning District to the C-2 Zoning District.

Sponsors:

Phylicia Porter

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS

24-0580

Rezoning - 901 Aisquith Street

For the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 901 Aisquith Street

(Block 1207, Lot 065), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the R-8

Zoning District to the R-10 Zoning District.

Sponsors:

Robert Stokes, Sr.

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

24-0596

Sale of Property - 1400 Leadenhall Street

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 that is located at 1400

Leadenhall Street (Block 0987, Lot 003) and is no longer needed for public use; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

24-0597

City Property - Renaming Riverside Park Pool to the Congressman Elijah E.

Cummings Community Pool

For the purpose of changing the name of Riverside Park Pool, located at 1800

Covington Street (Block 1940, Lot 001), to the Congressman Elijah E. Cummings

Community Pool.

Sponsors:

Eric T. Costello, President Nicholas J. Mosby, Robert Stokes, Sr., John T. Bullock, Isaac

"Yitzy" Schleifer, Mark Conway, Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Odette Ramos,

Phylicia Porter, Antonio Glover, Zeke Cohen, James Torrence

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

24-0598

Rezoning - 1223-1229 Argyle

For the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1223-1229 Argyle

Avenue (Block 0413, Lot 032), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the

R-8 Zoning District to the I-1 Zoning District.

Sponsors:

Eric T. Costello

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS

24-0600

Zoning - Conditional Use of a Single-Family Dwelling Unit to 3 Dwelling Units

in the R-8 Zoning District - Variances - 2106 McCulloh Street

For the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the conversion of a

single-family dwelling unit to 3 dwelling units in the R-8 Zoning District on the

property known as 2106 McCulloh Street (Block 0309, Lot 005), as outlined in red

on the accompanying plat; and granting a variance from off-street parking

requirements; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

James Torrence

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

3R Third Reader

Third Reader (requires invocation of CC Rule 12-1 for same day advance from 2nd to

3rd Reader)

24-0554

Building, Fire, and Related Codes - Corrective Amendment

For the purpose of correcting an amendment regarding permit extensions made during

the course of adopting the 2021 Edition of the Building, Fire, and Related Codes; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

24-0568

Community Relations Commission - Powers and Duties - Complaint Period

For the purpose of increasing the time within which complaints of unlawful practices

must be filed with the Community Relations Commission; making certain related

amendments; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Phylicia Porter, City Council President (Administration), Odette Ramos, Kristerfer

Burnett, Robert Stokes, Sr., John T. Bullock, Sharon Green Middleton, Mark Conway

24-0584

Baltimore City Government Entities - Language Access

For the purpose of requiring a certain Baltimore government entity to appoint a

language access liaison and adopt a Language Access Plan; requiring a Baltimore

government entity to provide language access services to specified individuals;

establishing certain reporting requirements; defining certain terms; providing for a

special effective date; and generally relating to the provision of language access

services by Baltimore government entities.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration), Odette Ramos

24-0596

Sale of Property - 1400 Leadenhall Street

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 that is located at 1400

Leadenhall Street (Block 0987, Lot 003) and is no longer needed for public use; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

Third Reader (for final passage)

23-0367

Prohibition - Gas-Powered Debris Removal Equipment

For the purpose of prohibiting the use of gas-powered debris removal equipment in

Baltimore City; defining certain terms; establishing procedures for reporting the use of

gas-powered debris removal equipment; establishing certain penalties; and providing

for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Odette Ramos

24-0507

Study and Report - Infrastructure and Urban Meadows

For the purpose of requiring the Baltimore City Administrator, the Baltimore Office of

Sustainability, and the Baltimore Commission on Sustainability to submit a report to

the Mayor and City Council assessing the costs and benefits of installing and

maintaining 100 acres of low-maintenance and self-sustaining native plant communities

(otherwise known as “urban meadows”) and mapping vacant lots and existing areas

with packed dirt that could be transformed into urban meadows; and providing for a

special effective date.

Sponsors:

Mark Conway

24-0516

Zoning - Conditional Use - Parking Lot (Principal Use) - 1211 Jefferson 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

1211 Jefferson Street (Block 1295, Lot, 001G), as outlined in red on the

accompanying plat; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Robert Stokes, Sr.

24-0533

Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of a Single-Family Dwelling Unit to 4

Dwelling Units in the R-8 Zoning District - Variances - 15 North Stricker

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 15 North Stricker Street (Block 0197, Lot 020), as outlined in red on the

accompanying plat; and granting variances from off-street parking requirements; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

John T. Bullock

24-0544

Zoning - Harford Road Overlay District

For the purpose of establishing the Harford Road Overlay District; delineating the

boundaries of the district; creating applicable use regulations within the district;

establishing bulk and yard regulations within the district; detailing other applicable

standards within the district; amending certain off-street parking requirements; and

generally relating to the establishment of the Harford Road Overlay District.

Sponsors:

Ryan Dorsey

24-0573

Repeal of Ordinance 04-824 - Planned Unit Development - 1901 Light Street,

1921 Light Street, Bed of Johnson Street, and Block 1947, Lot 1

For the purpose of repealing Ordinance 04-824, which designated certain property

located at 1901 Light Street, 1921 Light Street, Bed of Johnson Street, and Block

1947, Lot 1 a Residential Planned Unit Development; and providing for a special

effective date.

Sponsors:

Eric T. Costello

24-0583

The 2024 Comprehensive Master Plan for the City of Baltimore

For the purpose of reviewing, revising, and adopting the 2024 Comprehensive

Master Plan for the City of Baltimore; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

24-0586

Urban Renewal - Oldtown Mall - Amendment 11

For the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Oldtown Mall to strike all

provisions of the Plan other than those pertaining to authority over disposition; waiving

certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance

severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain

other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Robert Stokes, Sr.

24-0588

Area of Special Signage Control - Designation - Stadium Area

For the purpose of approving the application of the Baltimore Ravens Limited

Partnership to designate an Area of Special Signage Control known as the Stadium

Area District; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Phylicia Porter

24-0589

Rezoning - 601 West West Street (Lot N), 616 West West Street (Lot NN),

and 701 West Ostend Street (Lot O)

For the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 601 West West

Street (Lot N) (Block 0688C, Lot 019), and 616 West West Street (Lot NN)

(Block 0688C, Lot 009), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the C-4

Zoning District to the C-5-DC Zoning District, and the property known as 701 West

Ostend Street (Lot O) (Block 0954, Lot 001), as outlined in red on the

accompanying plat, from the I-2 Zoning District to the C-5-DC Zoning District; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Phylicia Porter

24-0590

Zoning - Sign Regulations - C-5-DC Zoning District - Amendment

For the purpose of amending sign regulations to permit the sign type “Freestanding

(Pole)” in an Area of Special Signage Control within the C-5-DC Zoning District; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Phylicia Porter

24-0591

Rezoning - 121 Riverside Road

For the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 121 Riverside

Road (Block 7027D, Lot 001), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the

R-6 Zoning District to the IMU-1 Zoning District; and providing for a special effective

date.

Sponsors:

Phylicia Porter

24-0601

Property Taxes - Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property

For the purpose of requiring a special property tax rate for vacant and abandoned

property; providing for the promulgation of rules and regulations; requiring a certain

notice be sent to owners of real property within the City limits; requiring a certain

annual report; defining certain terms; providing for a special effective date; and

generally relating to the property tax levied on vacant and abandoned property.

Sponsors:

President Nicholas J. Mosby, Odette Ramos, Eric T. Costello, Zeke Cohen, Ryan

Dorsey, Mark Conway, Sharon Green Middleton, James Torrence, John T. Bullock,

Robert Stokes, Sr., Antonio Glover, Phylicia Porter, Kristerfer Burnett, Isaac "Yitzy"

Schleifer, Danielle N. McCray

Committee Announcements

Announcements

THE LAST MEETING OF THE 73RD TERM OF THE BALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL

WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2024 AT 5:00 P.M.

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