Monday, April 27, 2009
5:00 PM
City of Baltimore
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100 North Holliday Street |
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Baltimore, Maryland 21202 |
City Hall
City Council
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President of the Council |
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Edward L. Reisinger, Vice President |
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District 1: James Kraft - District 2: Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
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District 3: Robert W. Curran - District 4: Bill Henry |
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District 5: Rochelle "Rikki" Spector - District 6: Sharon Green Middleton |
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District 7: Belinda Conaway - District 8: Helen L. Holton |
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District 9: Agnes Welch - District 10: Edward L. Reisinger |
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District 11: William H. Cole, IV - District 12: Bernard C. "Jack" Young |
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District 13: Warren Branch - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke |
Meeting Agenda - Final
Call to Order
Invocation
Reverend Lowell S. Thompson, Saints Stephen and James Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Pomper, U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
Approval of the Journal
April 20, 2009
Bills Introduced
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Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2010 |
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FOR the purpose of providing the appropriations estimated to be needed by each |
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agency of the City of Baltimore for operating programs and capital projects during |
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the fiscal 2010 year. |
09-0325
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Finance |
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BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS/COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE |
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Annual Property Tax - Fiscal Year 2010 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a tax for the use of the Mayor and City Council of |
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Baltimore for the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010; providing for |
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estimated billings pursuant to State law; and setting the semiannual payment |
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service charge for that period. |
09-0326
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Finance |
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BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS/COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE |
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City Property - Naming the Visitors’ Orientation and Education Center of the |
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Cylburn Arboretum Association to be the Vollmer Center |
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FOR the purpose of naming the Visitors’ Orientation and Education Center of the |
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Cylburn Arboretum Association, located at 4915 Greenspring Avenue, to be the |
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Vollmer Center. |
09-0327
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Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes |
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Welch and Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
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At the request of: Cylburn Arboretum Association, c/o Neil Strachan |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS |
Resolutions Introduced
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Financial Literacy - Requirement for Graduation from Baltimore City Schools |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the New Board of School Commissioners and the |
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CEO of Baltimore City Schools to examine the feasibility of requiring students to |
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pass a course in financial literacy to graduate from Baltimore City schools. |
09-0129R
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Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, James B. Kraft, Edward L. Reisinger and |
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Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
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Informational Hearing - The Status of Baltimore City’s Gang Violence |
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Reduction Activities |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Mayor’s Coordinating Council of |
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Criminal Justice, the Baltimore Police Commissioner, and the Chief of School |
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Police to brief the City Council on the implementation of the Baltimore City Gang |
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Violence Reduction Plan, the effectiveness of Project Exile in targeting Baltimore’s |
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most violent offenders, and the status of gangs in Baltimore City Schools. |
09-0130R
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Belinda K. Conaway, President Rawlings-Blake, Warren Branch, Bill |
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Henry, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, |
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Edward L. Reisinger and Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Informational Hearing - Suspension Practices of City Agency Supervisors |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Human Resources and all Baltimore |
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City Department and Union Heads to brief the City Council regarding the current |
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suspension practices within Baltimore City agencies, the different types of |
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suspensions available for disciplining employees, the number of City employees |
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suspended from each agency, and the impact that current suspension practices |
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have on the City’s workforce. |
08-0053R
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Warren |
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Branch, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Belinda K. Conaway and |
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Mary Pat Clarke |
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
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Environmental and Civil Citations - Building Code Notices - Service |
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FOR the purpose of requiring that service by mail of environmental citations, civil |
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citations, and building code notices be both by certified mail and by regular mail; |
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conforming and clarifying certain language; and generally relating to the service of |
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environmental citations, civil citations, and building code notices . |
08-0181
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President Rawlings-Blake, Mary Pat Clarke, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, Edward L. |
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Reisinger, William H. Cole, IV, Belinda K. Conaway, Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
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and Agnes Welch |
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
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City Streets - Naming an Unnamed Alley St. Crispins Lane |
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FOR the purpose of naming an unnamed alley, located between Roland Avenue |
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and Falls Road, and physically located and connected to West Northern Parkway |
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and St. Georges Road, St. Crispins Lane. |
09-0268
Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Property - Renaming Benjamin Franklin Middle School #239 to |
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Masonville Cove Community Academy #239 |
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FOR the purpose of changing the name of Benjamin Franklin Middle School #239, |
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located at 1201 Cambria Street, to Masonville Cove Community Academy #239. |
09-0270
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Land Use and Transportation
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment 4 - York Road and Belvedere |
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Avenue (Belvedere Square) |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
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York Road and Belvedere Avenue (Belvedere Square) Planned Unit Development. |
08-0135
Bill Henry
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
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Zoning - Parking Lot District - Conditional Use - Parking Lot - 801-833 |
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Madison Avenue |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
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maintenance, and operation of an open off-street parking area on the property |
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known as 801-833 Madison Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
08-0212
William H. Cole, IV
REPORTED FAVORABLE
3R
Third Reader
Third Reader (for final passage)
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Sale of Residential Property - Disclosure of Property Tax |
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FOR the purpose of requiring certain materials used in connection with the sale of |
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certain residential property to disclose the estimated amount of property taxes and |
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assessments a buyer would be obligated to pay; defining certain terms; imposing |
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certain penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; raising |
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the penalty for failure to disclose a certain zoning limitation; providing for a special |
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effective date; and generally relating to the sale of residential property. |
08-0097
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James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat |
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Clarke, Belinda K. Conaway, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch, |
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President Rawlings-Blake, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young and Sharon Green |
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Middleton |
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Zoning - Conditional Use Pharmacy: Drive-in - 1301 Baylis Street (a/k/a 3500 |
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Boston Street) |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
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maintenance, and operation of a pharmacy: drive-in on the property known as 1301 |
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Baylis Street (a/k/a 3500 Boston Street), as outlined in red on the accompanying |
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plat. |
08-0230
James B. Kraft
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Baltimore Benefits Commission - Membership |
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FOR the purpose of increasing the membership of the Commission to provide |
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certain additional representation. |
09-0262
City Council President (Administration)
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Maryland Department of Transportation - County Transportation Revenue |
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Bonds - Series 2009 |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to enter |
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into an agreement with the Maryland Department of Transportation in connection |
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with the participation by the City in the proceeds derived from the sale of certain |
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bonds, to be known as Department of Transportation of Maryland - County |
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Transportation Revenue Bonds, Series 2009 and to be issued pursuant to State |
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Transportation Article, Title 3, Subtitle 5; authorizing the City to take any other |
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action that may be necessary and proper to secure the share to which it is entitled of |
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the proceeds derived from the sale of these bonds; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
09-0266
City Council President (Administration)
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Zoning - Conditional Use Housing for the Elderly - 6400 East Pratt Street |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
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maintenance, and operation of housing for the elderly on the property known as |
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6400 East Pratt Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
09-0276
Nicholas C. D'Adamo
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Gun Offender Registration |
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FOR the purpose of expanding the registration requirements to encompass certain |
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juvenile offenders; expanding the offenses to which the registration requirements |
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apply; modifying the time when a gun offender becomes obligated to sign an |
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acknowledgment of the duty to register; specifying the deadline for registration for |
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one found not criminally responsible; clarifying the requirements for updating |
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residence information; establishing a uniform term for required verification of |
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registration information; clarifying, correcting, and conforming certain language; |
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and generally relating to the registration of gun offenders. |
09-0291
City Council President (Administration)
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Parking Facilities - Enforcement |
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FOR the purpose of increasing certain criminal penalties and providing for certain |
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civil fines for violations of certain laws governing the licensing and operation of |
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parking facilities. |
09-0302
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William H. Cole, IV, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Bill Henry, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, James B. Kraft, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Warren |
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Branch, Edward L. Reisinger, Robert W. Curran and President |
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Rawlings-Blake |
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Cable Communications Advisory Commission - Membership |
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FOR the purpose of modifying the number of members on the Commission to |
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correspond to the changed number of Council Districts; correcting, clarifying, and |
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conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the composition of the |
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Cable Communications Advisory Commission. |
09-0303
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William H. Cole, IV, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Bill Henry, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Agnes Welch, Warren |
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Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert W. Curran, Belinda K. Conaway and |
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Edward L. Reisinger |
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Building, Fire, and Related Codes - Enforcement |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the issuance of prepayable environmental citations |
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to enforce certain violations of the Building, Fire, and Related Codes Article; |
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revising the manner in which a stop-work order is to be issued; requiring the |
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removal from construction sites and from abutting sidewalks, gutters, and alleys, of |
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accumulated trash, garbage, waste, and debris and of nuisances; making the |
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registered owner of a vehicle responsible for certain parking, keeping, and storing |
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violations; and generally relating to the enforcement of the Building, Fire, and |
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Related Codes Article. |
09-0309
City Council President (Administration)
Committee Announcements
Announcements
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THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
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WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009, AT 5:00 P.M. |
Adjournment
Cable Hearing Schedule
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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Judiciary and Legislative Investigations/Land Use and Transportation Committee, |
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Councilmember Kraft - Chair |
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08-0163 - Live Entertainment - Licensing and Regulation - Hospitality Services - Promotion |
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and Coordination |