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BMZA approves neighborhood commercial, fence and reuse requests; postpones large downtown rooming-house plan
Summary
Baltimore City’s Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals on Jan. 6 approved multiple conditional uses and variances — including neighborhood commercial uses, fence height variances for safety, and an industrial reuse with a parking variance — and postponed a proposed 182‑room rooming‑house at the American Building for more operational detail.
The Baltimore City Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals voted Jan. 6 to approve several conditional‑use appeals and related variances while postponing one major downtown conversion for more information.
In a brief series of approvals, the board granted a conditional‑use appeal at 4902 Litchfield Avenue that will allow the site to continue neighborhood commercial operations and add small‑scale personal‑service businesses in the basement. Planning staff told the board the building has an established nonresidential history and recommended approval; applicant Sonia Bynum said the first floor has long been used as a deli and the new downstairs uses will provide barber, beauty and massage services “so that the individuals in the community…
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