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Councilwoman Felicia Porter told the committee the applicants had engaged the Cherry Hill community for about a year and a half and had letters of support from Cherry Hill development groups and the community association. Planning staff and the Planning Commission recommended the rezoning, and the law department certified the bill as formally legally sufficient for committee consideration.

Agency reports from DHCD and the Baltimore Development Corporation were favorable; Finance deferred to Planning. The committee adopted applicant-submitted findings of fact and moved the bill to the full council by roll-call vote; the chair and committee members voted yes, and no amendments were adopted. The bill packet indicates the site was developed in 1987 as a small self-storage facility and had been vacant in aerial imagery dating to the mid-1950s before that use.

The committee record does not identify a final developer or project program; the rezoning would allow I-1 uses on the parcel. The bill and its findings will be forwarded to the City Council for final action.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Hearing:Land Use & Transportation Committee; April 24, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Council Bill 250023, to rezone 3200 Lily Avenue from R-4 to I-1, was recommended favorable by the Land Use and Transportation Committee following applicant-led community engagement and Planning Commission support.","taxTitle","Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Maryland","taxId",4816,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6262673,"Committee adopts findings and recommends conditional-use variance for Bayard Street rebuilding project",445,2035000,2480000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3112485-c8d7020dfd4ddfb68d64e544b71c66fd&start=2035&end=2480","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3112485-c8d7020dfd4ddfb68d64e544b71c66fd/thumbnail_2035000.jpg","/articles/6262673/Baltimore-City/Baltimore-County/Maryland/Committee-adopts-findings-and-recommends-conditional-use-variance-for-Bayard-Street-rebuilding-project","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6262673-5d08582cf066d62b1af33b361982c1d7/orig.mp4?Expires=1771195780&Signature=PHMsMHbncjN48F4-sssXqyePNGFW3BXSFnG3dIv4SVIfCBDtEq~3d7n~195UE~mgfrY99elqau-Ee4LtFTUsI1reFw0~RLrj61ZPMzQrZyyOmMLPrt6ajBAHVbnnuCJcCvCFajzUVr-Ji6XwlOJG~mZ36ZCg4Bv79TihAbw7aeD0U4AsDmqcH7yuue64ONMkJigwoe9hkoGpc1QgxdxBz0dlGZcLGSKG~7AT9J-yJHjhtB9Ez8lZmh5DyAtKakakUy85jRemvNSSTpyb6LGtruwUPBL8MCmdbVTw3Cwdq0QNywxenDyQnn1AJcW3endujedDlO8N2A3dNnQAYN8DWA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Land Use and Transportation Committee on April 24 adopted findings of fact and recommended favorable action to the full council on Council Bill 250022, which grants conditional-use approval and bulk/height variances for a rebuilding project at 1121 Bayard Street in Pig Town.

Councilwoman Felicia Porter, who presented the item, said the measure would enable a property owner in Pig Town to rebuild after a BGE gas explosion two years ago and that the proposal had \"significant community support from the community association, but also residents within the community as well.\" Planning and the Planning Commission recommended the conditional use, the additional height, and the related variances; the Fire Department and other agencies reported no objections tied to life-safety code issues.

The committee first took a voice vote to adopt the applicant’s findings of fact as submitted in the bill file; the chair recorded one nay during the voice adoption. After adopting the findings, the committee proceeded to a roll-call vote on the measure. Chair Ryan Dorsey voted yes; Council member Gray voted yes; Councilwoman Felicia Porter voted yes; and Councilman Parker registered an abstention. The committee’s recommendation will be forwarded to the full City Council for final consideration.

Committee members discussed the property’s unusual lot size and the project’s unique circumstances as factors supporting the conditional-use and variance findings. No amendments were adopted at the committee hearing, and applicant representatives were listed in the file but did not testify in person at the meeting.","The committee adopted findings and recommended favorable action for Council Bill 250022, a conditional-use rezoning and variance package to allow rebuilding at 1121 Bayard Street after an explosion, with one member abstaining on the final vote.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6262676,"Committee pauses contested Keswick Road rezoning amid legal concerns and divided neighborhood views",1593,336000,1929000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3112485-c8d7020dfd4ddfb68d64e544b71c66fd&start=336&end=1929","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3112485-c8d7020dfd4ddfb68d64e544b71c66fd/thumbnail_336000.jpg","/articles/6262676/Baltimore-City/Baltimore-County/Maryland/Committee-pauses-contested-Keswick-Road-rezoning-amid-legal-concerns-and-divided-neighborhood-views","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6262676-65a2e653b5618e6a87fcfebcc620b5b9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771195780&Signature=NIJhEJdqMJpH4q6fjV0Zr~Vm-rT82XiAqbfvV2OvsdTbwgAC5Zm9j1nM4qmEYI9Ij-Z-v6S7tfXBTqd05DdAQyMJoF00TXMGhTceKptj8z3oac4zAGOeb0v0qa0aJrRHCe3Ml6WrAuAFBM9FVXsoaaPpu8~MmaBuHVgFA-kXFEAZBCszH36fjhYz5z2VeOlqriP3QXxsximaq6Xsf35Otv7SDWa~8xD4AclZc8ZE18irzsnL3ZPpj8n4AdEjMaRirlzGkMfvR-6GUCM64C6FxK8to~rJ49mHhfb3wtknujWgyOGqgI5-QjYCG2JJ7bZ64hdMMBGMn4SuuqDP7JdkOg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Baltimore City Council Land Use and Transportation Committee on April 24 recessed consideration of Council Bill 250017, a proposal to rezone the odd-numbered side of the 3400–3500 block of Keswick Road in the Hamden/Wyman Park area from C-1 to R-7, after residents and agency staff raised legal, procedural and policy concerns.

Councilwoman Ramos, the bill sponsor, said the rezoning would make that short segment consistent with the surrounding R-7 neighborhood and would aid residents rebuilding after an October fire that damaged multiple houses on the block. \"We want to rezone it to make it consistent with the area,\" Councilwoman Ramos said, noting six houses had been demolished and 14 were damaged by the fire.

The Planning Commission recommended an amendment to remove a single property — a church at 3439 Keswick Road — from the rezoning so the church would remain in a commercially oriented land-use category. Michelle Toth of the City Law Department advised the committee that the department did not view this measure as meeting the characteristics of a comprehensive rezoning and recommended the council \"find facts\" that would demonstrate a mistake in the prior (2017) comprehensive rezoning if it wished to proceed as a piecemeal change.

Public testimony at the hearing reflected a split among neighbors. Elizabeth Thornberry, a Willamette Park resident, opposed the bill on policy and legal grounds, arguing it would reduce housing options and that \"spot zoning\" that is not supported by the statutory mistake standard can invite lawsuits. \"This bill does not add any uses. It simply takes them away,\" Thornberry said, and she warned that illegal downzoning could expose the city to litigation.

Representatives of the Hamlet Community Council and several residents supported the rezoning as a correction of an apparent drafting error from the comprehensive rezoning. \"Because it, the other houses along Keswick, basically, all except for this one tiny little section are all in the R zoning. It seems that it would have been logical that they would have followed through,\" said Blazer Hearn of the Hamlet Community Council.

Tyler O'Shanell, deputy director for local affairs in the mayor’s office, told the committee the administration is increasingly requesting Finance provide analyses when downzonings would affect multiple or large parcels, noting potential property-tax revenue implications.

Committee members and the law department discussed the legal standard for a \"mistake\" finding under Maryland law and the 2017 comprehensive rezoning. Michelle Toth summarized the standard as requiring evidence that the council failed to take into account existing facts at the time of the prior comprehensive rezoning; she emphasized it is not merely a judgment change.

Given those legal concerns and the mixed testimony, Chair Ryan Dorsey recessed the item for further deliberation, saying the committee would return to it after other business or at a later date. The Planning Commission’s recommended amendment excluding the church remains part of the record; the committee did not adopt a final vote on the rezoning at this hearing.","Council Bill 250017 to rezone the odd side of the 3400–3500 block of Keswick Road from C-1 to R-7 was recessed after public testimony raised legal and policy objections; Planning Commission proposed an amendment to exclude a church property.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_46":104,"_48":105,"_50":106,"_52":107,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":108,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":109,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6262679,"Committee backs rezoning to allow reuse of vacant Frederick Avenue factory",182,117000,299000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3112485-c8d7020dfd4ddfb68d64e544b71c66fd&start=117&end=299","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3112485-c8d7020dfd4ddfb68d64e544b71c66fd/thumbnail_117000.jpg","/articles/6262679/Baltimore-City/Baltimore-County/Maryland/Committee-backs-rezoning-to-allow-reuse-of-vacant-Frederick-Avenue-factory","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6262679-44571dc10b86257de73f6f1d224996f0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771195780&Signature=bW7RqyClPOGvxhSL2A3t-SfCkDEUNZb-QKWQ1QlDMPMG~zAyE~9JACiMmFmrshrfGqHrxooOe3C4gxhJgmB0NPUC0fhgVv4qYQnNYTKbY4vyIERZ9s~vM70bkczGeHr3HGtn1flAV7Ak9Qcx8nulEc4JcDI~S-8tbAOqCXQbSkA7RfQlSy~zLPuwu~yjUkWGTJeh5dVcmqxKoIj3wqjLhzpJXSYY0jZiUmhr7BI4f9PsQUv1D7znTmHE5pV6uHfCEq4BVXNHLRP2eGuzfSDLTPUiEXdZnybOwO-j6BrWXoOjw-wSh1JDd5ylCTn09XLUFXNCMScp96ZxVkgKz9JznQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Baltimore City Council Land Use and Transportation Committee on April 24 recommended favorable action on Council Bill 250021 to rezone 3221 Frederick Avenue from the I-1 zoning district to IMU-1, a move sponsors said would help return a long-vacant factory building to productive use.

The bill’s sponsor, Councilman John Bullock, a member of the committee, told members the parcel has been vacant for several years and that the applicant had secured community support for a reuse that would respect the neighborhood’s character. \"We believe it's a good step in the right direction to put a formerly vacant factory buildings back into productive use, in a way that is also respectful of the character of the neighborhood,\" Councilman John Bullock said.

The bill drew supportive reports from multiple city agencies. Jeff Hocksteller of the City Law Department told the committee the law department \"stands by its report and approves the bill for formal legal sufficiency.\" Jason Wright of the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and Tom Welly on behalf of the Baltimore Development Corporation also reported favorable recommendations. The Planning Department and Planning Commission likewise recommended approval and provided written findings of fact concluding that the property’s long vacancy and changes in local conditions supported rezoning from I-1 to IMU-1.

After agency reports and brief questions, the committee moved the bill and conducted a roll-call vote. Chair Ryan Dorsey voted yes; Council member Gray voted yes; Councilman John Bullock voted yes; and Councilwoman Felicia Porter voted yes. The committee’s recommendation will be forwarded to the full City Council at its next meeting.

The committee meeting record shows the rezoning drew relatively limited public testimony and no outstanding legal challenges were raised during the hearing. The Planning Commission’s written findings, appended to the bill report, are part of the record recommending approval on the basis of changed conditions and vacancy since the 2017 comprehensive rezoning.

If approved by the full council, the rezoning would allow IMU-1 uses on the site; the bill packet does not specify a developer or final project program. The committee did not adopt any amendments to the bill at the hearing.","The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted to recommend City Council approve Council Bill 250021 to rezone 3221 Frederick Avenue from I-1 to IMU-1, citing vacancy and opportunity for neighborhood-sensitive redevelopment.","actionData","errors"]

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