3R Third Reader
Third Reader (for final passage)
Zoning Code - Modifications
For the purpose of making needed changes to certain provisions that, during the
course of actively operating under the new Zoning Code, were discovered to be
functionally impractical or otherwise in need of modification to abate previously
unanticipated consequences; specifying that certain applications under the Zoning
Code be filed either with the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals or the Zoning
Administrator; extending certain time limits for the Board to act; authorizing the
Zoning Administrator or the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals to deny an
application under certain circumstances; modifying the outdoor seating specifications;
authorizing certain reviews by the Site Plan Review Committee; authorizing that
certain matters reviewed by the Site Plan Review Committee be approved by the
Director of Planning; modifying certain off-street parking requirements; clarifying and
establishing certain exceptions to bicycle parking design standards; establishing certain
standards for long-term bicycle standards; establishing certain rules for certain
circumstances involving signs; providing for measurement methodologies for building
frontages; allowing electronic signs and painted/mural signs in residential districts,
subject to conditional approval by the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals;
specifying a time period after which the authorization for a conditional sign expires;
specifying certain zoning district requirements; defining certain terms; correcting,
clarifying, and conforming certain provisions; and generally relating to the zoning and
land-use laws of the City of Baltimore.
Sponsors:
City Council President (Administration)
Urban Renewal - Central Business District - Amendment 2
For the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for the Central Business
District to revise the signage provisions provisions; 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:
Eric T. Costello
Elected Officials’ Retirement System - Benefits - Eligibility
For the purpose of modifying certain provisions of the Elected Officials’ Retirement
System of the City of Baltimore relating to eligibility for service retirement benefits and
deferred vested benefits; making this Ordinance contingent on the ratification of a
certain City Charter amendment by a certain date; and providing for a special
effective date.
Sponsors:
President Nicholas J. Mosby
