City Council
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
AGENDA
Monday, December 6, 2004
5:00 PM
City Hall
City Council
Sheila Dixon, President of the Council
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Vice President
District One: Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Jr., John L. Cain, Lois A. Garey
District Two: Paula Johnson
Branch, Bernard C. "Jack" Young, Pamela V. Carter
District Three: Robert W. Curran, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Lisa Joi Stancil
District Four: Agnes Welch, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr.,
Catherine E. Pugh
District Five: Rochelle "Rikki" Spector, Helen L. Holton, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
District Six: Melvin L. Stukes, Kwame Abayomi, Edward L. Reisinger
| Call to Order | |
| Invocation | |
| Reverend Eleanor Holland, Rector, St. Matthias Episcopal Church | |
| Pledge of Allegiance | |
| Roll Call | |
| Approval of the Journal | |
| November 29, 2004 | |
| Communications from the Mayor | |
| Bills Signed by the Mayor | |
| November 29, 2004 | |
| 04-1288 | Sale of Property - SS East Northern Parkway, SWC York Road, Block 5093, Lot 062 |
| ORDINANCE - 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 unimproved property or a portion of the property known as SS East Northern Parkway, SWC York Road, Block 5093, Lot 062 and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. (041270) | |
| 04-1290 | Urban Renewal - Key Highway - Amendment __ |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Key Highway to amend Exhibits C and D to reflect the change in zoning, upon approval by separate ordinance, for 1301 Covington Street; 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. (041272) | |
| 04-1342 | Zoning - Restaurants, Taverns, Halls, and Similar Establishments - Live Entertainment - Nightlife |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of defining certain terms relating to restaurants, taverns, halls, after-hour establishments, and certain other establishments that serve food or beverages, that offer live entertainment or dancing, or that otherwise involve nightlife activities; conforming certain language; repealing certain provisions relating to the status of certain restaurants or taverns that, as of a certain date, operated with live entertainment or dancing; establishing certain criteria for conditional use approval of certain restaurants, taverns, and after-hours establishments; providing for the delayed effect of certain provisions on certain nonconforming establishments; and generally relating to the zoning and related | |
| 04-1405 | Housing and Community Development - License and Registration Fees |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of increasing the annual registration fee for vacant lots; defining and redefining certain terms applicable to the registration of vacant lots; modifying certain terminology applicable to late payments of license or registration fees for vacant lots, rental properties, or multiple-family dwellings and rooming houses; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the licensing or registration of certain properties. (041444) | |
| 04-1417 | Urban Renewal - Washington Village - Amendment __ |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Washington Village to revise the boundary description for the project area, to specify uses to be allowed, not allowed, regulated, conditioned, or otherwise limited in certain land use areas, to revise provisions for design and rehabilitation standards, to provide for the review by community organizations of all plans for new construction, exterior rehabilitation, demolition, use, or any exterior change of any kind, to authorize the acquisition by purchase or by condemnation of certain properties for urban renewal purposes, to eliminate certain structures and disposition lots where development is complete, to propose a zoning district change, and to revise exhibits and | |
| 04-1426 | Rezoning - 3100 Waterview Avenue |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 3100 Waterview Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-1 Zoning District to the R-6 Zoning District. (041472) | |
| 04-1427 | Planned Unit Development - Designation - 3100 Waterview Avenue and Ward 25, Section 05, Block 7610, Lot 019 |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving the application of Waterview Avenue, LLC, owner of certain property known as 3100 Waterview Avenue and Ward 25, Section 05, Block 7610, Lot 019, (collectively, the "Property") to have that Property designated a Residential Planned Unit Development; and approving the Development Plan submitted by the applicant. (041473) | |
| 04-1480 | Supplementary Tax Increment Financing Loan Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Transportation - $3,000,000 |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Tax Increment Financing Loan Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $3,000,000 to the Department of Transportation (Account #9950-508-438), to provide Tax Increment Financing for the North Locust Point Development District project; and providing for a special effective date. (041529) | |
| 04-1484 | Urban Renewal - Howard Park Business Area - Amendment _ |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for the Howard Park Business Area to revise the boundary description for the project area, authorize the acquisition by purchase or by condemnation of certain properties for urban renewal purposes, create an expanded disposition lot and designate land use for the added area, propose a zoning district change, and revise exhibits and appendix to reflect the changes in the Plan; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; correcting certain references; 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 | |
| 04-1491 | Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted Living) - 2600 Keyworth Avenue |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a convalescent, nursing, and rest home (assisted living) on the property known as 2600 Keyworth Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (041540) | |
| 04-1494 | Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted Living) - 5315 Norwood Avenue |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a convalescent, nursing, and rest home (assisted living) on the property known as 5315 Norwood Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (041543) | |
| 04-1497 | Urban Renewal - Waterview - Amendment __ |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Waterview to specify uses to be allowed in a certain land use area, to provide for the review by the community organization of all plans for new construction, exterior rehabilitation, site improvement, or change in the use of any property, to provide that the provisions of the Waterview Planned Unit Development supercede the provisions of the urban renewal plan, and revising certain exhibits to reflect the change in land use, upon approval by separate ordinance, for the property known as 3100 Waterview Avenue; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in | |
| 04-1509 | City Streets - Closing - Certain Streets or Portions of them Lying Within the Area Bounded by Monument Street, Constitution Street, Exeter Street, Hillen Street, the Orleans Street |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets or portions of them lying within the area bounded by Monument Street, Constitution Street, Exeter Street, Hillen Street, the Orleans Street Viaduct, and the Fallsway, as shown on Plat 293-A-3C in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (041559) | |
| 04-1510 | City Streets - Opening - Certain Streets and Alleys Lying Within the Middle East Urban Renewal Project |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and opening certain streets and alleys lying within the Middle East Urban Renewal Project, bounded by Washington Street, Madison Street, Rutland Avenue, and Ashland Avenue, as shown on Plat 346-A-48 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (041560) | |
| 04-1511 | City Streets - Closing - Certain Streets and Alleys Lying Within the Middle East Urban Renewal Project |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets and alleys lying within the Middle East Urban Renewal Project, bounded by Washington Street, Madison Street, Rutland Avenue, and Ashland Avenue, as shown on Plat 346-A-48A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (041561) | |
| 04-1516 | Zoning - Conditional Use Massage Therapist's Office - 211 East Mount Royal Avenue |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a massage therapist's office on the property known as 211 East Mount Royal Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (041566) | |
| 04-1525 | Hotel Room Tax - Tax Rate |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of repealing rate-setting procedures made obsolete by Acts of the General Assembly limiting the use of hotel tax funds by dedicating revenues from the hotel tax; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the imposition and collection of a hotel room tax. (041578) | |
| 04-1526 | Supplementary Tax Increment Financing Loan Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Housing and Community Development - $9,900,000 |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Tax Increment Financing Loan Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $9,900,000 to the Department of Housing and Community Development - (Account #9910-601-575), to provide Tax Increment Financing for the redevelopment of the 3200 block of St. Paul Street; and providing for a special effective date. (041579) | |
| 04-1527 | Charles Village Special Taxing District |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of designating a "special taxing district" to be known as the "Charles Village Special Taxing District"; providing for and determining various matters in connection with the establishment of the special taxing district; creating a special fund for the special taxing district; providing for the levy of a special tax on all taxable real property located in the special taxing district; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the designation and operation of the special taxing district, the establishment and use of the special fund and the issuance and payment of bonds issued in connection with the special taxing district. (041580) | |
| 04-1528 | Charles Village Special Obligation Bonds |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing for the issuance of special obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding $9,900,000 for the purpose of financing the acquisition of land and public infrastructure improvements; providing for the method and sources of payment for these special obligation bonds; authorizing the Board of Finance to specify, prescribe, determine, provide for and approve the details, forms, documents or procedures in connection with the special obligation bonds and any other matters necessary or desirable in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale and payment of these special obligation bonds; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the issuance and payment of special | |
| 04-1529 | Charles Village Development District |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of designating a "development district" to be known as the "Charles Village Development District"; providing for and determining various matters in connection with the establishment of the development district; creating a special, tax increment fund for the development district; allocating certain property taxes to that fund; making certain findings and determinations; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the designation and operation of the development district, the establishment and use of the tax increment fund and the issuance and payment of special obligation bonds issued in connection with the development district. (041582) | |
| 04-1530 | North Locust Point Special Taxing District |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of designating a "special taxing district" to be known as the "North Locust Point Special Taxing District"; providing for and determining various matters in connection with the establishment of the special taxing district; creating a special fund for the special taxing district; providing for the levy of a special tax on all taxable real property located in the special taxing district; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the designation and operation of the special taxing district, the establishment and use of the special fund and the issuance and payment of bonds issued in connection with the special taxing district. (041583) | |
| 04-1531 | North Locust Point Special Obligation Bonds |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing for the issuance of special obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding $3,000,000 for the purpose of financing public infrastructure improvements; providing for the method and sources of payment for these special obligation bonds; authorizing the Board of Finance to specify, prescribe, determine, provide for and approve the details, forms, documents or procedures in connection with the special obligation bonds and any other matters necessary or desirable in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale and payment of these special obligation bonds; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the issuance and payment of special obligation bonds. | |
| 04-1538 | Urban Renewal - Orchard-Biddle - Amendment __ |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Orchard-Biddle to change the land use category for 510-528 St. Mary Street and to revise Exhibit 1 to reflect the change; 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. (041591) | |
| 04-1549 | Supplementary Water Utility Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of Public Works - $3,000,000 |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Water Utility Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $3,000,000 to the Department of Public Works - Program 552 (Water Facilities), to provide funding to cover additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. (041603) | |
| December 2, 2004 | |
| 03-1111 | Street Vendors - Licensing and Regulation |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of consolidating and revising provisions governing street vendors; expanding certain of these provisions to apply Citywide; defining certain terms; modifying certain penalties as they apply to street vendors and to other regulated persons and activities; changing the name and composition of the applicable licensing entity; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the licensing and regulation of street vendors. (030987) | |
| 03-1219 | Zoning - Parking Lot Districts - Clarification |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of clarifying the scope of the restrictions applicable to certain parking lots in the Parking Lot Districts. (031162) | |
| 04-1278 | Rezoning - 3610 Dillon Street |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 3610 Dillon Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-3 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District. (041257) | |
| 04-1347 | Rezoning - 1208 Bank Street |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1208 Bank Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the B-3-2 Zoning District. (041346) | |
| 04-1418 | Planned Unit Development - Amendment 2 - York Road and Belvedere Avenue (Belvedere Square) |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving a certain amendment to the Development Plan of the York Road and Belvedere Avenue (Belvedere Square) Planned Unit Development. (041458) | |
| 04-1420 | Planned Unit Development - Designation - 1950 East Fayette Street, 1951 East Fayette Street, and 1921-1939 Orleans Street |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving the application of Capital Development, LLC, and Dell House, LLC, which are the owners of certain properties known as 1950 East Fayette Street, 1951 East Fayette Street, and 1921-1939 Orleans Street (collectively, the "Property"), to have the Property designated a Residential Planned Unit Development; and approving the Development Plan submitted by the applicant. (041460) | |
| 04-1428 | Rezoning -- 1300 East Clement Street and a Portion of 1450 Beason Street |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1300 East Clement Street and a portion of the property known as 1450 Beason Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-3 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District. (041474) | |
| 04-1482 | Sale of Property - 1312 Guilford Avenue |
| ORDINANCE - 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 1312 Guilford Avenue (Ward 11, Section 1, Block 468, Lot 022) and is no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. (041531) | |
| 04-1483 | Rezoning -- 4600, 4602, 4604, 4606, 4608, and 4612 Maine Avenue |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 4600, 4602, 4604, 4606, and 4608 Maine Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the R-4 Zoning District to the B-2-2 Zoning District, and changing the zoning for the property known as 4612 Maine Avenue, as outlined in blue on the accompanying plat, from the B-2-2-P Zoning District to the B-2-2 Zoning District. (041532) | |
| 04-1485 | Urban Renewal - Brooklyn Business Area - Amendment _ |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Brooklyn Business Area to change the name and expand the project boundary to include portions of the adjacent Curtis Bay area and to provide that the included area of Curtis Bay come under all of the provisions and procedures of the Brooklyn Business Area Urban Renewal Plan; approving certain regulations, controls, and restrictions for certain uses within the project area; creating new appendices; creating revised exhibits attached to the Renewal Plan to reflect the proposed changes; correcting, clarifying and conforming certain language; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the | |
| 04-1486 | Urban Renewal - Poppleton - Amendment __ |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Poppleton to revise the boundary description for the Project Area, authorize the acquisition by purchase or by condemnation of certain properties for urban renewal purposes, create new disposition lots and revise the boundaries of existing disposition lots and designate land use for the expanded Project Area, and revise exhibits and Appendix C to reflect the changes in the Plan; 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. (041535) | |