What will your community look like with the new zoning code? Will there be apartments? Single-family residences? Businesses? The City has spent the last several years doing the first full re-write of Baltimore City’s Zoning Code in a process the Planning Department has called TransForm Baltimore. And, it looks like Baltimore may be “transformed.”
The TransForm Baltimore process has reached its final stages, as the document was introduced to the City Council on October 22nd. This is the last time public input will be sought before the new code becomes the permanent plan for our communities. You may submit comments or give testimony, to help ensure that the code includes mechanisms to support mixed use areas with quality housing and street level shopping and businesses. Review the full bill and all related maps and charts at the TransForm Baltimore website.
Send your written testimony by email to ZoningCode@baltimorecity.gov and by mail to 417 E. Fayette St. 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Here’s a list of the meetings to be held regarding the code over the next six months:
General Public Information Meeting
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 @ 5pm
War Memorial Building, 101 N. Gay St. Baltimore, MD 21202
Hearing Schedule
(Hearings are subject to change, check here for more information. Also, formal hearings will begin an hour after the times listed below. During the first hour of these sessions, “staff will be on hand to answer general or specific property based questions, regardless of whether or not you decide to give formal testimony.”)
Thursday, November 29, 2012 @ 5pm
War Memorial Building, 101 N. Gay St. Baltimore, MD 21202
Thursday, December 13, 2012 @ 5pm
BCCC Liberty Campus, West Pavilion Building, 3100 Towanda Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215
Saturday, January 5, 2013 @ 10am
Poly/Western High School, 1400 West Cold Spring Ln. Baltimore, MD 21209
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Southeast Regional Library, 3601 Eastern Ave. Baltimore, MD 21224
Thursday, February 21, 2013 @ 5pm
Morgan State University, 1700 E. Cold Spring Ln. Baltimore, MD 21251
Thursday March 7, 2013 @ TBD
Baltimore City Department of Planning, 8th Floor, 417 E. Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21202.
City Council Hearing
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 @ 5pm
City Hall, 4th Floor, 100 N. Holiday St. Baltimore, MD 21202
For more information on any of these meetings contact the Department of Planning at (410) 396-5173.
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