City Council
City of Baltimore
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Meeting Minutes - Final
Economic and Community Development
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
2:00 PM
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CALL TO ORDER
INTRODUCTIONS
ATTENDANCE
6 -
Present
Sharon Green Middleton, John T. Bullock, Mark Conway, Ryan Dorsey, Odette
Ramos, and Robert Stokes Sr.
1 - Antonio Glover
Absent
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
A motion was made by Ramos, seconded by Bullock, that this Ordinance be
Recommended Favorably with Amendment. The motion carried by the following
vote:
5 - Middleton, Bullock, Conway, Dorsey, and Ramos
1 - Stokes Sr.
Yes:
Abstain, COI: