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Committee hears six land-use variance bills, adopts findings of fact and schedules votes

Baltimore City Council Land Use and Transportation Committee · November 21, 2025
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Summary

The Land Use and Transportation Committee heard six smaller land-use bills (including two companion parking-lot variance bills and several conversion requests and a banquet-hall conditional use). Law and planning recommended minor drafting fixes and the committee adopted findings of fact; final votes were held for the next committee meeting once amendments are drafted.

The committee handled a set of mainly parcel-specific zoning bills before the larger housing package. Councilman Jermaine Jones described bills 25-0055 and 25-0056 (parking-lot conditional uses on Merritt/Mercer Street) as part of a Johnson Square revitalization to provide parking for rehabilitated homes. Planning and the law department recommended minor amendments (law said drafting errors omitted variance language), and the…

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