City of Baltimore  
City Council  
City Hall, Room 408  
100 North Holliday Street  
Baltimore, Maryland 21202  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Monday, October 2, 2023  
5:00 PM  
Du Burns Council Chambers, 4th Floor, City Hall  
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  
Pastor Brad O'Brien, Jesus Our Redeemer Church (District 11)  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Showcase Baltimore  
Susana Barrios, Vice President of the Latino Racial Justice Circle  
Roll Call  
Approval of the Journal  
September 18, 2023  
Communications from the Mayor  
Bills Signed by the Mayor  
August 27, 2023, September 18, 2023 and September 27, 2023  
Office of Aging - Independent Agency  
For the purpose of establishing an Office of Aging as an independent agency; defining  
certain terms; providing for the appointment of the Director of the Office; establishing  
duties of the Office; providing for the staff and budget of the Office; requiring the  
adoption of certain rules and regulations; requiring the Office to submit an annual  
report to the Mayor and City Council; establishing the Commission on Aging to  
advise and collaborate with the Office; providing for the appointment, structure, and  
governance of the Commission; requiring the Commission to submit an annual report  
to the Director; and requiring Commission members, the Director, and other staff of  
the Office to file financial disclosures under the Ethics Code.  
Sponsors:  
Zeke Cohen, Sharon Green Middleton, Odette Ramos, Danielle N. McCray, John T.  
Bullock, Kristerfer Burnett, Mark Conway, Ryan Dorsey, Phylicia Porter, James Torrence  
Real Estate Practices - Disclosures - Historic Districts  
For the purpose of requiring certain disclosures in order to sell a property that is  
located in a historic district; and providing for certain penalties.  
Sponsors:  
John T. Bullock, Sharon Green Middleton, James Torrence  
Zoning - Conditional Use Parking Lot - 3618 and 3620 Elm Avenue  
For the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment,  
maintenance, and operation of an open off-street parking area on the properties  
known as 3618 Elm Avenue (Block 3538, Lot 038) and 3620 Elm Avenue (Block  
3538, Lot 037), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat; and providing for a  
special effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Odette Ramos  
RPP Area 48 (Riverside) - Revisions  
For the purpose of modifying the hours of applicable parking restrictions for  
Residential Parking Plan Area 48 (Riverside); reducing the non-permit parking time  
threshold; establishing an exception to the applicable permit limit; and correcting and  
conforming related provisions.  
Sponsors:  
Eric T. Costello  
Zoning - Use Regulation - Residential-Care Facilities (Age-Restricted)  
For the purpose of permitting certain residential-care facilities in the EC-2 Zoning  
District as a conditional use requiring approval by Ordinance of the Mayor and City  
Council; and providing for a special effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Mark Conway  
Zoning - Conditional Use - Residential-Care Facility (Age-Restricted) - 201  
Homeland Avenue and a Portion of Block 5027, Lot 003  
For the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment,  
maintenance, and operation of a residential-care facility (age-restricted) with 171 units  
on the property known as 201 Homeland Avenue (Block 5027, Lot 005) and a  
portion of Block 5027, Lot 003, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat;  
providing for a certain contingency; providing for a special effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Mark Conway  
City Property - Renaming Playground at Hanlon Park After Ruby K. Couch  
For the purpose of changing the name of the playground Hanlon Park, located at  
2731 North Longwood Street, to the Ruby K. Couch Playground.  
Sponsors:  
James Torrence  
Bills Introduced  
Zoning - Retail: Small Box Discount Establishments  
For the purpose of creating the Retail: Small Box Discount Establishment as a  
conditional use; establishing certain use standards for Retail: Small Box Discount  
Establishments; requiring approval of a Retail: Small Box Discount Establishment as a  
conditional use in certain commercial zoning districts by the Board of Municipal and  
Zoning Appeals; and generally relating to Retail: Small Box Discount Establishments.  
Sponsors:  
Sharon Green Middleton, Odette Ramos  
ORDINANCE  
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  
Rezoning - 3301 Saint Paul Street and 3311 through 3327 Saint Paul Street  
For the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 3301, 3311,  
3313, 3315, 3317, 3319, 3321, 3323, and 3327 Saint Paul Street (Block 3871,  
Lots 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from  
the R-8 Zoning District to the C-1 Zoning District.  
Sponsors:  
Odette Ramos  
ORDINANCE  
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  
Planned Unit Development - Amendment - North Charles Village  
For the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the  
North Charles Village Planned Unit Development.  
Sponsors:  
Odette Ramos  
ORDINANCE  
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  
Planned Unit Development - Repeal and Replace - North Charles Village  
For the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for the North Charles  
Village Planned Unit Development; approving a new Development Plan for the North  
Charles Village Planned Unit Development; establishing prohibited uses within the  
Planned Unit Development; providing for the creation of the North Charles Village  
Planned Unit Development Design Review Committee; establishing the membership  
of the Committee; establishing applicable design guidelines for the Planned Unit  
Development; requiring the Committee to review proposed developments and  
amendments to the development plan; providing for a special effective date; and  
generally relating to the North Charles Village Planned Unit Development.  
Sponsors:  
Odette Ramos  
ORDINANCE  
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  
Zoning Code - Modifications  
For the purpose of amending provisions of the Baltimore City Zoning Code relating to  
variances to conform to relevant State law; making modifications to the process of  
granting variances; clarifying provisions of the Zoning Code relating to nonconforming  
structures; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the zoning  
and land-use laws of the City of Baltimore.  
Sponsors:  
Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer  
ORDINANCE  
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  
Urban Renewal - Brooklyn-Curtis Bay - Renewal Area Designation and  
Urban Renewal Plan  
For the purpose of repealing the existing Brooklyn-Curtis Bay Urban Renewal Plan  
and replacing it by designating as a “Renewal Area” an area situated in Baltimore  
City, Maryland known as Brooklyn-Curtis Bay, generally including both sides of  
Patapsco Avenue between the Harbor Tunnel Throughway and Pennington Avenue,  
both sides of Pennington Avenue between Patapsco Avenue and Ceddox Street, the  
west side of Curtis Avenue between Ceddox Street and Patapsco Avenue, both sides  
South Hanover Street between Jack Street and Chesapeake Avenue, and the south  
side of Potee Street between Patapsco Avenue and Frankfurst Avenue; establishing  
the objectives of the Urban Renewal Plan; establishing permitted land uses in the  
Renewal Area; providing that where there might be conflict between the provisions of  
the Urban Renewal Plan and the provisions of any Planned Unit Development, the  
provisions of the Planned Unit Development control; providing review requirements  
and controls for all plans for new construction; providing that the provisions of the  
Baltimore City Zoning Code apply to the properties in the Urban Renewal Area;  
establishing controls for off-street parking facilities; authorizing the conditions for  
acquisition of properties in the Urban Renewal Area; providing for review by the  
Department of Housing and Community Development of development or  
rehabilitation plans in the Urban Renewal Area with respect to their conformance with  
the provisions of the Urban Renewal Plan; providing for community notification of any  
permit application for the development or redevelopment of any property within the  
boundaries of the Urban Renewal Area; creating disposition lots and providing for  
specific controls on specific lots; providing for the term of the Urban Renewal Plan;  
providing for community review of all proposed amendments to the Urban Renewal  
Plan; making provisions of this Ordinance severable; approving appendices and  
exhibits to the Urban Renewal Plan; waiving certain content and procedural  
requirements; providing for the application of the Ordinance in conjunction with  
certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Phylicia Porter  
ORDINANCE  
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  
Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of a Single-Family Dwelling Unit to 3  
Dwelling Units in the R-8 Zoning District - 1600 South Charles 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 1600 South Charles Street (Block 1013, Lot 065), as outlined in  
red on the accompanying plat.  
Sponsors:  
Eric T. Costello  
ORDINANCE  
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  
Resolutions Introduced  
Approval for the Exchange of a Class B-D-7 License to a Class A-7 License  
for Use at 1000 W Lombard Street, 21223  
For the purpose of providing the required approval under Md. Code Ann., Alc. Bev.  
§ 12-902.1(d)(1) to allow the license holder holding a valid Class B-D-7 Beer, Wine,  
and Liquor License issued for use at 1000 W Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland  
21223 to apply to the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City to  
exchange their Class B-D-7 Beer, Wine, and Liquor License for a Class A-7 Beer,  
Wine, and Liquor License.  
Sponsors:  
John T. Bullock  
RESOLUTION  
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  
Request for Federal Action - Permanent Broadband Subsidy to Support  
Low-Income Communities  
For the purpose of calling upon President Joseph Biden and the United States  
Congress to create a Congressionally-funded broadband subsidy, as well as  
broadband adoption and learning solution, as a permanent component of the federal  
benefits available to those experiencing digital inequity.  
Sponsors:  
Zeke Cohen, Danielle N. McCray  
RESOLUTION  
IMMEDIATE ADOPTION  
Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force  
For the purpose of urging the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force to  
include the City Council in the Task Force’s deliberations and to consider stormwater  
management, equity, and fair representation for Baltimore City on the Board of any  
potential new governance structure.  
Sponsors:  
Odette Ramos, Mark Conway  
RESOLUTION  
IMMEDIATE ADOPTION  
Consent Calendar  
(See Section A at back of Agenda)  
2R Second Reader  
Economic and Community Development  
Minority and Women’s Business Program - Reauthorization  
For the purpose of reauthorizing and continuing the Minority and Women’s Business  
Program; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to minority and  
women’s business enterprises.  
Sponsors:  
City Council President (Administration)  
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE  
Rules and Legislative Oversight  
Richard J. Worley, Jr.  
Commissioner - Baltimore Police Department  
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION  
James W. Wallace  
Fire Chief - Baltimore City Fire Department  
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION  
Ways and Means  
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - M-R: Arts and  
Culture - $581,334  
For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating  
Appropriation in the amount of $581,334 to M-R: Arts and Culture - Service 824  
(Events: Art: Culture: and Film), to provide funding for general operations; and  
providing for a special effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Administration City Council  
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE  
3R Third Reader  
Third Reader (requires invocation of CC Rule 12-1 for same day advance from 2nd to  
3rd Reader)  
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - M-R: Arts and  
Culture - $581,334  
For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating  
Appropriation in the amount of $581,334 to M-R: Arts and Culture - Service 824  
(Events: Art: Culture: and Film), to provide funding for general operations; and  
providing for a special effective date.  
Sponsors:  
Administration City Council  
Third Reader (for final passage)  
Sale of Property - South Side Boston Street, South West Corner, and South  
Newkirk Street (Block 6587, Lot 008A); and South Side Boston Street, South  
East Corner, and South Newkirk Street (Block 6587A, Lot 016)  
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 properties located at South Side  
Boston Street, South West Corner, and South Newkirk Street (Block 6587, Lot  
008A) and South Side Boston Street, South East Corner, and South Newkirk Street  
(Block 6587A, Lot 016) and are no longer needed for public use; and providing for a  
special effective date.  
Sponsors:  
City Council President (Office of the Comptroller)  
Sale of Property - 14 - 18 Light Street (7 East Redwood 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 14 - 18  
Light Street (Block 0660, Lots 0001 and 003A), also known as 7 East Redwood  
Street, and is no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective  
date.  
Sponsors:  
Eric T. Costello  
Committee Announcements  
Announcements  
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL  
WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2023 AT 5:00 P.M.  
Adjournment  
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