City of Baltimore - File #: 21-0113

• File #: 21-0113
• Version: 0
• Name: Zoning Code - Modifications
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 8/16/2021
• In control: Baltimore City Council
• Final action: 12/22/2022
• Enactment #: 22-181
• Title: 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; estab...
• Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
• Indexes: Code, Modifications, Zoning

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/9/2023	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
11/21/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
11/7/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
11/7/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
10/25/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
9/12/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Worksession
9/12/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Worksession
6/21/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Worksession
6/21/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Worksession
4/25/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Worksession
4/25/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Worksession
2/3/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Advertising
1/10/2022	0	Economic and Community Development	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
8/19/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Transportation
8/19/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
8/19/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
8/19/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals
8/19/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Planning Commission
8/19/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Parking Authority Board
8/19/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
8/16/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned
8/16/2021	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced

Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill

Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Planning)

A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
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 rela...