City Council
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
City of Baltimore
Meeting Agenda - Final
Economic and Community Development
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
2:00 PM
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CALL TO ORDER
INTRODUCTIONS
ATTENDANCE
ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
The Councilmember Mary Pat Clarke Opportunity to Purchase Act
For the purpose of repealing City Code, Article 13, Subtitle 6 {“Tenant’s
Right of First Refusal”} as obsolete and replacing it with a subtitle
establishing a tenant’s opportunity to purchase certain rental facilities;
defining certain terms; establishing certain exemptions from the subtitle;
providing for certain rules of interpretation; authorizing the
Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community
Development to adopt rules and regulations to carry out the subtitle;
requiring that a landlord provide a notice of offer of sale to certain
persons on deciding to sell a rental facility; establishing certain
procedures for landlords and tenants in instances where a party submits
a statement of interest to purchase a rental facility; allowing for the
landlord to require certain earnest money deposits; permitting the
assignment of certain rights; prohibiting a waiver of certain rights absent
agreed-on consideration; requiring certain disclosures if a rental facility
is transferred to a party other than a tenant; requiring certain reports;
providing for certain penalties; and generally relating to providing
tenants with the opportunity to purchase certain rental facilities.
Sponsors:
Odette Ramos, John T. Bullock, Zeke Cohen, Kristerfer Burnett, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer,
Ryan Dorsey, Phylicia Porter, Mark Conway, Antonio Glover, Robert Stokes, Sr., James
Torrence
ADJOURNMENT
THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC