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Monday, March 4, 2013

Council Committee Discusses Community Group Legitimacy

A proposal to grant community groups legal standing raised the question of what groups are viable.

A City Council committee started a conversation on Thursday about how and if the city should recognize certain community groups and grant them increased powers. Councilman Bill Henry, chairman of the Housing and Community Development Committee, said the discussion was needed because of issues raised in legislation aimed at giving community groups standing to challenge city zoning decisions.  Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke introduced a bill in December that would grant community associations the ability to appeal decisions made by the city’s zoning administrator. "I had conversations with people interested in [Clarke’s] bill, but had concerns about giving that power to anyone that chose to register themselves on the Planning Department’s […

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Monday, December 3, 2012

Legislation Boosts Neighborhood Associations' Power

Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke is submitting a bill and resolution seeking to improve neighborhood association standing to challenge zoning decisions.

Legislation set for introduction in the City Council would increase Baltimore neighborhood associations' power to challenge zoning decisions made by the city. Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke will introduce on Monday a bill intended to give neighborhood associations the ability to appeal decisions made by the city’s Zoning Administrator, and a resolution requesting that the city’s state legislators support a bill granting standing to groups challenging Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals opinions in court.     Currently Baltimore law doesn’t give neighborhood associations the legal ability to appeal decisions—such as allowing a business to open in the neighborhood—or grant them standing with the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals during a…

Baltimore Matt

2:54 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

I am so affraid that this will give more power to obstructionist like Joan Floyd. The last thing this city needs is to make rezoning harder than it currently is. We don't have a real definition of what constitutes a community association or a way to deal with neighborhoods that have multiple fractured community associations. This means small groups of people with their own agendas will be …   more ›

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