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 Baltimore City Council Bill 240544

Harford Road Overlay District Proposal

Councilman Ryan Dorsey

Please see below regarding 24-0544 Harford Road Overlay District Proposal -  Councilman Ryan Dorsey

Mr. Dorsey has reviewed the Harford Road business district and determined that In order to improve the corridor there needs to be more stable businesses and to support the businesses there needs to be more residents living along the corridor. To increase the number of residents he has come up with the Harford Road Overlay District. The overlay district extends from Argonne Drive to Hillcrest Ave at the Baltimore County line,   The overlay district area extends 500 feet on both sides of Harford Road into the residential areas. Mr. Dorsey is a proponent of multi-family housing so the new plan allows for multi-family dwellings including converting existing homes and the construction of new multi-story apartment buildings without any zoning approval. If you live within 500 feet from Harford Road your zoning with this new bill will now be classified as R-9, R-10 allowing developers to choose which as they see fit. Mr. Dorsey has stated that there would be no zoning changes. 

This bill was heard by Ways and Means Committee and it was not approved at the time of the meeting. It was decided that another meeting is needed to discuss this bill. 

If you would like to send a letter to express your views/concerns about this bill, please send to the following Ways and Means members and City Council President, Mr. Mosby

Eric.Costello@baltimorecity.gov

Kristerfer.Burnett@baltimorecity.gov

Danielle.McCray@baltimorecity.gov

Sharon.Middleton@baltimorecity.gov

Isaac.Schleifer@baltimorecity,gov

Robert.Stokes@baltimorecity.gov

Councilpresident@baltimorecity.gov

Natawnab.Austin@baltimorecity.gov

Niya.Garrett@baltimorecity.gov

A copy of Baltimore City Council Bill 24-0544 Harford Road Overlay District  is below.

You may also stop by the Cube located at 4709 Harford Road to meet Councilman Dorsey in person.

His next date at the Cube is September 26  from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.  

LAURAVILLE FAIR – SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 - 

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The Fair is held at Heinz Park, Harford Road at

Argonne Drive. Beverly Hills will be represented at the Fair.  

NEW BUSINESSES OPENINGS PLANNED IN THE BEVERLY HILLS AREA OF HARFORD ROAD

At 4607 Harford Road a new eatery and retail business will be opening at this location. 

A wine bar/eatery is also opening at 4505 Harford Road

There are several eateries and shops on Harford Road in the Waltherson, Beverly Hills, Arcadia and Lauraville communities.  Come see!  

Work on the Moravia Walther intersection has begun.  The project is expected to take several weeks for completion.    

The project will start with sidewalk, curb and other concrete and other underground work.  This will be followed by pavement and marking.  Red light cameras will be installed at this intersection.  We have also requested a speed camera at Walther and Grindon.  This can take time so we have requested speed sentries be mounted on both north and south bound lanes that will indicate posted speed and your speed.  

As you know there are numerous concerns about the flow of traffic on Moravia and the intersection of Walther and Moravia.  Baltimore City Department of Traffic has put forth their plan to improve the flow of traffic in this area.  This plan includes installing dedicated left turn lanes both east and west bound from Moravia onto Walter, installing new traffic signals with red light cameras, and speed cameras on Walther at Grindon.    There will also be street installations from Harcourt to Walther that will hopefully eliminate accidents.   Regarding the installation of dedicated left turn lanes from Moravia onto Walther,  the plan calls for eliminating parking from 3301-3325 Moravia.  Initially the plans called for eliminating all parking on the south side of Moravia.  The department had made some modifications so that parking will be allowed from 3327 – 3343 Moravia.   On  the even/north side of the 3300 block of Moravia, 15 parking spaces will be allocated and these will most likely be closer to the west end of the block.  The plan also calls for eliminating parking in the 3200 block of Moravia   During inclement weather the Moravia roadbed gets very slippery.  We have requested upgrade to make the roadbed safer when wet.   Here is the response regarding request for a safer roadbed on Moravia westbound approaching Walther.   

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DEVELOPERMENT OF THE DOTT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4511-4515, 4517-4525 (REAR) AND 4529 HARFORD ROAD

July update

It was recently announced that Morgan State University will be the master leaseholder of The Enola apartment complex.  

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MCB Real Estate – a Baltimore developer – has purchased the tract of land on Harford Road known as the Dott property. They have also purchased the used car lot parcel. 

Phase 1 of the developer’s plan is to construct a new apartment building on this site. The construction will include the demolition of decades old vacant buildings; address environmental concerns from previous uses of this property.  The proposed apartment building will consist of 147 apartments with single, double and quad units and house 450 occupants. There will be rent Phase 2 is the restoration of the Markley Building. You can access the developer’s design proposal at beverlyhillsimprovementassociation.com. The document is in the Beverly hills events section.  

LAURAVILLE FAIR – SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 - 

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The Fair is held at Heinz Park, Harford Road at

Argonne Drive. Beverly Hills will be represented at the Fair.