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BMZA approves series of conditional uses including day-care expansions and a clinic
Summary
At its May 19 hearing, the Baltimore Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals unanimously approved several conditional-use requests — including expansions of neighborhood day-care homes, outdoor seating for a deli, and a primary-care clinic — generally adopting Planning Department recommendations and, where required, noting follow-up permits and CHAP review for exterior changes.
Baltimore — The Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals on May 19 voted unanimously to approve a slate of routine conditional-use requests, adopting the Planning Department’s recommendations for each case and noting any follow-up permit or design-review steps.
The board approved Tiffany Davis’s request to expand a child-care operation at 3715 Bond View Avenue from an 8-child family home to care for up to 15 children after Justin Walker of the Department of Planning told the panel planning recommended approval. Davis told the board she has operated the location since 2004 and plans staffing to support the expansion.
The panel also approved other small day-care conditional uses and a request to convert a first-floor space at 604 North Utah Street into a primary-care clinic. Nurse practitioner Marinette Kanger told the board she plans weekday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. adult primary-care hours and estimated about 10 patients daily; planning recommended approval with a stipulation that any exterior work be reviewed by the CHAP historic-design process, which the board included.
A separate, modest request to add outdoor seating at a neighborhood deli (600 Rapola Street) was approved with the planning-recommended condition that patrons be cleared by 9:00 p.m. The applicant confirmed the business typically closes earlier and accepted the condition.
Board members emphasized that these approvals are preliminary and that successful applicants must complete underlying building, health and use-and-occupancy reviews. Justin Williams, the BMZA interim executive director, reminded applicants that a written resolution will follow and that the board’s oral vote is not the final city approval.
The board heard these and many other items in a broadly procedural session that included several postponements; because only three board members were present, members noted appeals required a unanimous 3–0 vote for approval.
