Public Hearing Schedule
City of Baltimore
November 20, 2012
1:00 PM
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Waste Haulers - Short-Term License |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing waste haulers to apply for either an annual license or a 90-day |
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license from the Health Commissioner; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related |
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provisions; and generally relating to the licensing and regulation of waste haulers. |
12-0139
1:15 PM
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Soil Erosion and Sediment Control |
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FOR the purpose of establishing minimum requirements and procedures to control the adverse |
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impacts associated with land disturbances; minimizing soil erosion and preventing off-site |
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sedimentation by using soil erosion and sediment control practices; reducing the negative |
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impacts of land development on water resources, maintaining the chemical, physical, and |
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biological integrity of streams, and minimizing damage to public and private property; |
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correcting. clarifying, and conforming related provisions; providing for a special effective |
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date; and generally relating to soil erosion and sediment control. |
12-0153
1:30 PM
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Building, Fire, and Related Codes - 2012 Edition |
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FOR the purpose of adopting a revised Building, Fire, and Related Codes Article, comprising |
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the Maryland Building Performance Standards (effective January 1, 2012), the International |
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Building Code (2012 Edition), the International Electrical Code (2011 Edition), the |
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International Fuel Gas Code (2012 Edition), the International Mechanical Code (2012 |
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Edition), the International Plumbing Code (2012 Edition), the International Property |
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Maintenance Code (2012 Edition), the International Fire Code (2012 Edition), the |
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International Energy Conservation Code (2012 Edition), and the International Residential |
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Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings (2012 Edition), all as supplemented, amended, or |
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otherwise modified by this Ordinance; providing for the effect, construction, and effective date |
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of these new standards and codes; conforming, correcting, and clarifying certain language; and |
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generally relating to the adoption of new building, fire, property maintenance, electrical, |
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plumbing, mechanical, and related codes for Baltimore City. |
12-0123
Hearing will be reconvened after being recessed on November 13, 2012
November 28, 2012
11:00 AM
Executive Appointments Committee
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Member - Inclusionary Housing Board - 14th District |
EA12-0097
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Member - Inclusionary Housing Board - 14th District |
EA12-0098
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Member - Inclusionary Housing Board - 14th District |
EA12-0099
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Member - Inclusionary Housing Board - 6th District |
EA12-0100
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Magda C. Westerhout Mobley |
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Member - Inclusionary Housing Board - 6th District |
EA12-0101
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Member - Inclusionary Housing Board - 6th District |
EA12-0102
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Member - Inclusionary Housing Board - 7th District |
EA12-0103
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Member - Inclusionary Housing Board - 14th District |
EA12-0104
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Member - Public Art Commission |
EA12-0105
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Member - Public Art Commission - 7th District |
EA12-0106
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Member - Hispanic Commission - 14th District |
EA12-0107
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Member - Hispanic Commission - 1st District |
EA12-0108
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Member - Hispanic Commission - 5th District |
EA12-0109
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Member - Hispanic Commission - 1st District |
EA12-0110
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Member - Wage Commission - 11th District |
EA12-0111
5:00 PM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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Residential Permit Parking Program |
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FOR the purpose of modifying the procedures and requisites for including an area in a new or |
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existing Residential Permit Parking Area; modifying the procedures for amending a |
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Residential Permit Parking Plan; adding certain vehicle types to those eligible for parking |
12-0102
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permits in a Residential Permit Parking Area; qualifying permit eligibility for residents of |
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dwelling units added to an existing Residential Permit Parking Area; limiting parking |
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durations for non-permit holders; establishing progressive fines for parking, stopping, or |
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standing in violation of Residential Parking Area restrictions; modifying the composition of |
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the Residential Permit Parking Advisory Board; providing for the election of Advisory Board |
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officers; defining and redefining certain terms; prohibiting certain conduct; correcting, |
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clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the Residential Permit |
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Parking Program. |
TV25 - Reconvened for a Work Session
5:05 PM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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Residential Permit Parking - Approving Extension of Area 43 |
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FOR the purpose of approving and extending the Parking Management Plan for Residential |
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Permit Parking Area 43; and providing for a special effective date. |
12-0125
TV25 - Reconvened for a Work Session
November 29, 2012
1:00 PM
Education and Youth Committee
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Informational Hearing and Roundtable Discussion on Developments Affecting the |
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Education of Older Teens and Young Adults in Baltimore City |
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FOR the purpose of assessing the status and efficiency of Maryland's GED program in |
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Baltimore City; determining the impact of Senate Bill 362's increase to 18 of the age for |
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mandatory education in Maryland and the local school system's "adult education" plans to |
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attract, retain and successfully educate these older students; and examining the State's |
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blueprint for adopting a GED Options Program in response to the SB 362 mandate. |
12-0066R
December 05, 2012
10:00 AM
Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
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Informational Hearing - Auditing Best Practices |
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FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the from the Department of Audits to |
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appear before the Council to discuss how the Department currently performs its Charter |
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mandated duties, the best practices in municipal and government auditing, and how audits of |
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City agencies can be made more regular, frequent, and effective. |
12-0060R
WORK SESSION
December 11, 2012
9:30 AM
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Informational Hearing - Establishing the Baltimore City African-American Civil Rights |
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Historic Commission |
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FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from Baltimore's civil rights, historical, and |
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cultural institutions to meet with the City Council in a hearing to determine how best to |
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fashion and establish a Baltimore City African-American Civil Rights Historic Commission |
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whose mission is to catalog, preserve, link, and promote the many resources memorializing |
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the pioneering civil rights struggle which occurred in Baltimore City in the 1950's and 60's, |
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the significant benchmarks achieved of both local and national importance, and the continuing |
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struggle to finish the work begun. |
12-0057R
9:45 AM
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Public Ethics Law - Prohibited Participation |
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FOR the purpose of redefining "business entity", as used in Ethics Law provisions that |
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prohibit participation in certain matters, to exclude Baltimore City or any instrumentality, unit, |
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or agency of Baltimore City under certain circumstances; providing for a special effective |
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date; and generally relating to ethics in the public sector. |
12-0163
10:00 AM
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Public Ethics Law - Gifts to Elected Officials |
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FOR the purpose of expanding certain provisions to prohibit elected officials from soliciting |
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or accepting certain gifts from any person who does or seeks to do business with the City, |
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engages or seeks to engage in an activity regulated or controlled by the City, or is or recently |
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has been a lobbyist; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; providing for a |
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special effective date; and generally relating to ethics in the public sector. |
12-0110
10:15 AM
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Public Ethics Law - Conflicts of Interest |
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FOR the purpose of clarifying and expanding the provisions that prohibit certain employment |
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and financial interests to encompass employment by or interests in persons having or |
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negotiating certain "blanket" and other contracts with the City or with any agency of the City; |
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clarifying and expanding the provisions that prohibit certain gifts to encompass gifts from |
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persons that a public servant knows or has reason to know have recently been lobbyists with |
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respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the public servant; consolidating certain |
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exemptions for gifts related to the payment of expenses for a speaking engagement or |
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participation on a panel; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; providing |
12-0142
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for a special effective date; and generally relating to ethics in the public sector. |
December 12, 2012
1:00 PM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of 1-Family Dwellings Units in the R-8 Zoning |
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District - 1503 and 1505 East Baltimore Street |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the conversion of 1-family |
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dwelling units to 2-family dwelling units in the R-8 Zoning District on the properties known |
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as 1503 and 1505 Baltimore Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
12-0095
1:05 PM
Land Use and Transportation Committee
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Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of a 2-Family Dwelling Unit to a 3-Family Dwelling |
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Unit in the R-8 Zoning District - 1427 McCulloh Street |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the conversion of a 2-family |
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dwelling unit to a 3-family dwelling unit in the R-8 Zoning District on the property known as |
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1427 McCulloh Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
12-0145
January 17, 2013
4:00 PM
Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
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Urban Renewal - Caton/95 - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Caton/95 to amend certain exhibits |
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to reflect the change of zoning, upon approval by separate ordinance, for the property known |
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as 3224-3226 Washington Boulevard; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; |
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making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this |
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Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective |
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date. |
12-0147
4:05 PM
Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
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Urban Renewal - Inner Harbor Project I - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Inner Harbor Project I to add a new |
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general land use category to the Land Use Provisions in the Plan, to change the land use |
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category for certain Development Areas in the Renewal Plan, and to revise a certain exhibit to |
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the Plan to reflect these changes; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; |
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making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this |
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Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective |
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date. |
12-0098
