ARTICLE 32
ZONING
(As Enacted & Corrected, Effective June 5, 2017, by Ords. 16-581 & 17-015
and
As Last Amended by Ord. 18-216)
Published by
BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE
Avery Aisenstark, Director
2019
01/21/19
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LIST OF TITLES AND SUBTITLES
Title 1. General Provisions
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. Rules of Interpretation
Subtitle 3. Definitions
Title 2. Purpose; Applicability; Short Title
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Code
Subtitle 2. Applicability
Subtitle 3. Short Title
Title 3. Outline of Code Administration
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. Administrative Agencies and Officials
Title 4. Development Reviews
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. Site Plan Review
Subtitle 3. Environmentally Sensitive Areas Review
Subtitle 4. Design Review
Subtitle 5. Landscape Review
Title 5. Applications and Authorizations
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. Applications
Subtitle 3. Variances
Subtitle 4. Conditional Uses
Subtitle 5. Legislative Authorizations
Subtitle 6. Notices
Subtitle 7. Use Permits
Subtitle 8. Zoning Consultations
Subtitle 9. Zoning Verifications
Title 6. Zoning Districts; Maps and Profiles
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. Zoning Districts
Subtitle 3. Maps and Profiles
Title 7. Open-Space and Environmental Districts
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. Open-Space Zoning Districts
Subtitle 3. Floodplain Overlay Zoning District
Subtitle 4. Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Overlay Zoning District
Title 8. Detached and Semi-Detached Residential Districts
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. District Descriptions
Subtitle 3. Use Regulations
Subtitle 4. Bulk and Yard Regulations
Subtitle 5. {Reserved}
Subtitle 6. Other Applicable Standards
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Title 9. Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential Districts
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. District Descriptions
Subtitle 3. Use Regulations
Subtitle 4. Bulk and Yard Regulations
Subtitles 5 and 6. {Reserved}
Subtitle 7. Residential Conversions
Subtitle 8. Other Applicable Standards
Title 10. Commercial Districts
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. District Descriptions
Subtitle 3. Use Regulations
Subtitle 4. Bulk and Yard Regulations
Subtitle 5. Design Standards for C-5 District
Subtitle 6. Other Applicable Standards
Title 11. Industrial Districts
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. District Descriptions
Subtitle 3. Use Regulations
Subtitle 4. Bulk and Yard Regulations
Subtitle 5. {Reserved}
Subtitle 6. Other Applicable Standards
Title 12. Special Purpose Districts
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. District Descriptions
Subtitle 3. Office-Residential Districts
Subtitle 4. Transit-Oriented Development Districts
Subtitle 5. Educational Campus Districts
Subtitle 6. Hospital Campus Districts
Subtitle 7. Transportation Districts
Subtitle 8. {Reserved}
Subtitle 9. Waterfront Overlay Districts
Subtitle 10. Rowhouse Mixed-Use Overlay Districts
Subtitle 11. Detached Dwelling Mixed-Use Overlay Districts
Subtitle 12. Adult Use Overlay District
Subtitle 13. Port Covington District
Title 13. Planned Unit Developments
Subtitle 1. Purpose; Transition Rules
Subtitle 2. Requirements; Approval Standards; Exceptions
Subtitle 3. Procedures for Plan Approval
Subtitle 4. Modifications to Approved Final Development Plan
Subtitle 5. Enforcement
Title 14. Use Standards
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. Applicability of Use Standards
Subtitle 3. Use Standards
Subtitle 4. Temporary-Use Standards
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Title 15. Site Development Standards
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. Applicability of Development Standards
Subtitle 3. Measurement Methodologies
Subtitle 4. Exceptions
Subtitle 5. Accessory Structures and Uses
Subtitle 6. Permitted Encroachments
Subtitle 7. Performance Standards
Title 16. Off-Street Parking and Loading
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. General Applicability
Subtitle 3. Construction of Facilities
Subtitle 4. Design of Facilities
Subtitle 5. Permitted Parking Alternatives
Subtitle 6. Required Off-Street Parking
Subtitle 7. Required Bicycle Parking
Subtitle 8. Additional Vehicle Storage Requirements
Subtitle 9. Off-Street Loading Requirements
Title 17. Signs
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title; Definitions
Subtitle 2. Placement, Design, and Construction
Subtitle 3. Sign Dimension Measurement Methodology
Subtitle 4. Requirements by Sign Type
Subtitle 5. Areas of Special Signage Control
Title 18. Nonconformities
Subtitle 1. Purpose of Title
Subtitle 2. Definitions; General Provisions
Subtitle 3. Nonconforming Uses
Subtitle 4. Nonconforming Structures
Subtitle 5. Nonconforming Signs
Subtitle 6. Nonconforming Lots
Subtitle 7. Mandatory Termination of Certain Uses
Title 19. Prohibited Conduct; Enforcement;
Administrative and Judicial Review
Subtitle 1. Prohibited Conduct
Subtitle 2. Enforcement
Subtitle 3. Administrative and Judicial Review
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LIST OF SECTIONS
Subtitle 2
Applicability
TITLE 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 2-201. Application of Code.
§ 2-202. Exempt utility and governmental uses.
§ 2-203. Transition rules.
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 1-101. In general.
Subtitle 3
Short Title
Subtitle 2
Rules of Interpretation
§ 2-301. Short Title.
§ 1-201.
§ 1-202.
§ 1-203.
§ 1-204.
§ 1-205.
§ 1-206.
§ 1-207.
§ 1-208.
§ 1-209.
§ 1-210.
§ 1-211.
§ 1-212.
§ 1-213.
§ 1-214.
§ 1-215.
§ 1-216.
§ 1-217.
§ 1-218.
§ 1-219.
In general.
Captions or headings.
Code not a permit.
Conflicting provisions.
Gender.
“Includes” or “including”.
Mandatory, prohibitory, and permissive terms.
Number.
References to “this Code”.
References to other laws.
Severability.
Tables.
Time computations.
Undefined terms.
“Used” or “occupied”.
{Reserved}
Uses - generic, specific, and prohibited.
Uses prohibited citywide.
Use and Site Development Standards.
TITLE 3
OUTLINE OF CODE ADMINISTRATION
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 3-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
Administrative Agencies and Officials
§ 3-201.
§ 3-202.
§ 3-203.
§ 3-204.
§ 3-205.
Subtitle 3
Definitions
Zoning Administrator.
Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals.
Planning Commission.
Director of Planning.
Commissioner of Housing and Community Dev’t.
TITLE 4
DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS
§ 1-301. In general.
§ 1-302. “Abut” to “Awning”.
§ 1-303. “Bail bond establishment” to “Child day-care
home”.
§ 1-304. “Chimney” to “Day-care center: Child”.
§ 1-305. “Day-care home: Adult” to “Electric substation:
Outdoor”.
§ 1-306. “Encroachment” to “Golf course”.
§ 1-307. “Government facility” to “Industrial boat repair”.
§ 1-308. “Industrial: General” to “Lot: Interior”.
§ 1-309. “Lot line” to “Motel”.
§ 1-310. “Motor vehicle” to “Owner”.
§ 1-311. “Parapet” to “Processed metal”.
§ 1-312. “Property line” to “Roof deck”.
§ 1-313. “Roofline” to “Substantial construction”.
§ 1-314. “Tavern” to “Wholesale Goods”.
§ 1-315. “Yard” to “Zoo”.
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 4-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
Site Plan Review
§ 4-201.
§ 4-202.
§ 4-203.
§ 4-204.
§ 4-205.
§ 4-206.
§ 4-207.
§ 4-208.
Purpose.
Site Plan Review Manual.
Applicability.
Approval prerequisite to permit.
Submittal requirements.
Procedures.
Review standards.
Administrative appeals.
Subtitle 3
Environmentally Sensitive Areas Review
TITLE 2
PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; SHORT TITLE
§ 4-301.
§ 4-302.
§ 4-303.
§ 4-304.
§ 4-305.
§ 4-306.
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Code
§ 2-101. Purpose of Code.
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Purpose.
Applicability.
Approval prerequisite to permit.
Submittal requirements.
Review standards.
Administrative appeals.
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Subtitle 4
Design Review
§ 4-401.
§ 4-402.
§ 4-403.
§ 4-404.
§ 4-405.
§ 4-406.
§ 4-407.
§ 4-408.
§ 4-409.
§ 4-410.
Purpose.
Design Manual.
Goals.
Objectives.
Applicability.
Approval prerequisite to permit.
Submittal requirements.
Procedures.
Administrative exceptions.
Administrative appeals.
Subtitle 5
Landscape Review
§ 4-501.
§ 4-502.
§ 4-503.
§ 4-504.
§ 4-505.
§ 4-506.
§ 4-507.
§ 4-508.
§ 4-509.
§ 4-510.
§ 4-511.
§ 4-512.
§ 4-513.
§ 4-514.
Purpose.
Landscape Manual.
Goals.
Objectives - Environmental.
Objectives - Character and sense of place.
Objectives - Economic.
Objectives - Landscape installation, maintenance.
Review process.
Applicability.
Approval prerequisite to permit.
Submittal requirements.
Procedures.
Review standards.
Administrative appeals.
TITLE 5
APPLICATIONS AND AUTHORIZATIONS
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 5-101. Purpose.
§ 5-306.
§ 5-307.
§ 5-308.
§ 5-309.
Subtitle 4
Conditional Uses
§ 5-401.
§ 5-402.
§ 5-403.
§ 5-404.
§ 5-405.
§ 5-406.
§ 5-407.
§ 5-408.
§ 5-409.
Introduction of proposed authorization.
Completeness review.
Required fees.
Withdrawal of application.
Reapplication waiting period.
§ 5-501.
§ 5-502.
§ 5-503.
§ 5-504.
§ 5-505.
§ 5-506.
§ 5-507.
§ 5-508.
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Purpose.
Minor and major variances distinguished.
Review of applications.
Minor variances.
Major variances.
“Legislative authorization” defined.
Scope of subtitle.
{Reserved}
Referrals.
{Reserved}
Procedures on referral.
Action by City Council.
Approval standards.
Subtitle 6
Notices
§ 5-601. Map or text amendments; PUDs.
§ 5-602. Major variances; Conditional uses.
§ 5-603. Minor variances.
§ 5-604. Planning Comm’n consideration of sitespecific projects.
§ 5-605. {Reserved}
§ 5-606. Responsibility for notices.
§ 5-607. Electronic notice.
Subtitle 7
Use Permits
§ 5-701.
§ 5-702.
§ 5-703.
§ 5-704.
§ 5-705.
Subtitle 3
Variances
§ 5-301.
§ 5-302.
§ 5-303.
§ 5-304.
§ 5-305.
Purpose.
{Reserved}
Referrals.
Actions taken.
Conditions.
Approval standards.
Expiration of approval.
Discontinued conditional use.
Revocations, etc., of conditional use.
Subtitle 5
Legislative Authorizations
Subtitle 2
Applications
§ 5-201.
§ 5-202.
§ 5-203.
§ 5-204.
§ 5-205.
Qualifications.
Variance less than requested.
Approval standards.
Expiration of approval.
Purpose.
Nature of permit.
Authorization and issuance.
When required.
Procedure.
Subtitle 8
Zoning Consultations
§ 5-801.
§ 5-802.
§ 5-803.
§ 5-804.
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Purpose.
Who may request.
Procedure.
Non-binding status of consultations.
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§ 7-305.
§ 7-306.
§ 7-307.
§ 7-308.
§ 7-309.
Subtitle 9
Zoning Verifications
§ 5-901. Purpose.
§ 5-902. Procedure.
§ 5-903. City immune from liability.
Bulk and yard regulations.
Variances and conditional uses.
{Reserved}
Municipal and personal liability.
Other applicable laws.
Subtitle 4
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Overlay Zoning District
TITLE 6
ZONING DISTRICTS; MAPS AND PROFILES
§ 7-401. Purpose of Critical Area Overlay District.
§ 7-402. Definitions.
§ 7-403. Designation of Critical Area.
§ 7-404. Development areas.
§ 7-405. Maps.
§ 7-406. Prohibited uses.
§ 7-407. Resource Conservation Area.
§ 7-408. Intensely Developed Areas – Waterfront
Revitalization.
§ 7-409. Intensely Developed Areas – Waterfront
Industrial.
§ 7-410. Intensely Developed Areas – Water-dependent
facilities within Buffer.
§ 7-411. Public utility and government services.
§ 7-412. Abandoned uses.
§ 7-413. Bulk and yard regulations.
§ 7-414. Variances and conditional uses.
§ 7-415. Civil penalties.
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 6-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
Zoning Districts
§ 6-201.
§ 6-202.
§ 6-203.
§ 6-204.
§ 6-205.
§ 6-206.
§ 6-207.
Establishment of districts.
Open-Space and Environmental Districts.
Detached and Semi-Detached Residential Districts.
Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential Districts.
Commercial Districts.
Industrial Districts.
Special Purpose Districts.
Subtitle 3
Maps and Profiles
§ 6-301.
§ 6-302.
§ 6-303.
§ 6-304.
TITLE 8
DETACHED AND SEMI-DETACHED
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Maps and profiles part of Code.
Letter or letter-number designations.
Boundary line determination.
Property divided by zoning district line.
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
TITLE 7
OPEN-SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRICTS
§ 8-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
District Descriptions
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 8-201. Common standards.
§ 8-202. R-1A Detached Residential District.
§ 8-203. R-1B Detached Residential District.
§ 8-204. R-1C Detached Residential District.
§ 8-205. R-1D Detached Residential District.
§ 8-206. R-1E Detached Residential District.
§ 8-207. R-1 Detached Residential District.
§ 8-208. R-2 Detached and Semi-Detached
Residential District.
§ 8-209. R-3 Detached Residential District.
§ 8-210. R-4 Detached and Semi-Detached
Residential District.
§ 7-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
Open-Space Zoning Districts
§ 7-201.
§ 7-202.
§ 7-203.
§ 7-204.
Purpose of Open-Space Districts.
Use regulations.
Bulk and yard regulations.
Other applicable standards.
Subtitle 3
Floodplain Overlay Zoning District
§ 7-301.
§ 7-302.
§ 7-303.
§ 7-304.
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Subtitle 3
Use Regulations
Definitions.
Purpose of Floodplain Overlay District.
Overlay subdistricts.
Use regulations.
§ 8-301. As listed in Table 8-301.
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Subtitle 4
Bulk and Yard Regulations
Subtitle 7
Residential Conversions
§ 8-401. In general.
§ 8-402. Measurement methodologies; Exceptions, etc.
§ 9-701. Where allowed.
§ 9-702. Design review.
§ 9-703. Conversion standards.
Subtitle 5
{Reserved}
Subtitle 8
Other Applicable Standards
Subtitle 6
Other Applicable Standards
§ 8-601.
§ 8-602.
§ 8-603.
§ 8-604.
§ 8-605.
§ 8-606.
§ 8-607.
§ 8-608.
§ 9-801.
§ 9-802.
§ 9-803.
§ 9-804.
§ 9-805.
§ 9-806.
§ 9-807.
§ 9-808.
In general.
Accessory structures and uses.
Site development.
Off-street parking and loading.
Design standards.
Landscaping and screening.
Signs.
Temporary uses.
In general.
Accessory structures and uses.
Site development.
Off-street parking and loading.
Design standards.
Landscaping and screening.
Signs.
Temporary uses.
TITLE 10
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
TITLE 9
ROWHOUSE AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 10-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
District Descriptions
§ 9-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
District Descriptions
§ 9-201.
§ 9-202.
§ 9-203.
§ 9-204.
§ 9-205.
§ 9-206.
§ 10-201. C-1 Neighborhood Business District.
§ 10-202. C-1-E Neighborhood Business and
Entertainment District.
§ 10-203. C-1-VC Neighborhood Business District
(Village Center).
§ 10-204. C-2 Community Commercial District.
§ 10-205. C-3 General Commercial District.
§ 10-206. C-4 Heavy Commercial District.
§ 10-207. C-5 Downtown District.
R-5 Transitional Residential District.
R-6 Garden Rowhouse Residential District.
R-7 Mixed Residential District.
R-8 Rowhouse Residential District.
R-9 Multi-Family Residential District.
R-10 High-Density Residential District.
Subtitle 3
Use Regulations
Subtitle 3
Use Regulations
§ 9-301. As listed in Table 9-301.
§10-301. As listed in Table10-301.
Subtitle 4
Bulk and Yard Regulations
Subtitle 4
Bulk and Yard Regulations
§ 9-401. In general.
§ 9-402. Measurement methodologies; Exceptions, etc.
§ 9-403. Setback reduction for courtyard design.
§ 10-401. In general.
§ 10-402. Measurement methodologies; Exceptions, etc.
Subtitle 5
Design Standards for C-5 District
Subtitles 5 and 6
{Reserved}
§ 10-501. Harbor promenade.
§ 10-502. Open-space plazas.
§ 10-503. Parking and access.
§ 10-504. View protection.
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Subtitle 6
Other Applicable Standards
§ 10-601.
§ 10-602.
§ 10-603.
§ 10-604.
§ 10-605.
§ 10-606.
§ 10-607.
§ 10-608.
§ 10-609.
TITLE 12
SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS
In general.
Accessory structures and uses.
Site development.
Off-street parking and loading.
Design standards.
Landscaping and screening.
Signs.
Temporary uses.
Residential conversions.
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 12-101. In general.
§ 12-102. Purpose of Overlay Districts.
Subtitle 2
District Descriptions
§ 12-201. OR Office-Residential Districts.
§ 12-202. TOD Transit-Oriented Development Districts.
§ 12-203. EC Educational Campus Districts.
§ 12-204. H Hospital Campus Districts.
§ 12-205. T Transportation Districts.
§ 12-206. {Reserved}
§ 12-207. W Waterfront Overlay Districts.
§ 12-208. R-MU Rowhouse Mixed-Use Overlay Districts.
§ 12-209. D-MU Detached Dwelling Mixed-Use Overlay
Districts.
§ 12-210. AU Adult Use Overlay Districts.
§ 12-211. PC Port Covington Zoning District.
TITLE 11
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 11-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
District Descriptions
§ 11-201.
§ 11-202.
§ 11-203.
§ 11-204.
§ 11-205.
§ 11-206.
OIC Office-Industrial Campus District.
BSC Bio-Science Campus District.
I-MU Industrial Mixed-Use District.
I-1 Light Industrial District.
I-2 General Industrial District.
MI Maritime Industrial District.
Subtitle 3
Office-Residential Districts
§ 12-301. Use regulations.
§ 12-302. Bulk and yard regulations.
§ 12-303. Other applicable standards.
Subtitle 3
Use Regulations
Subtitle 4
Transit-Oriented Development Districts
§11-301. As listed in Table11-301.
§ 12-401.
§ 12-402.
§ 12-403.
§ 12-404.
§ 12-405.
§ 12-406.
Subtitle 4
Bulk and Yard Regulations
§ 11-401. In general.
§ 11-402. Measurement methodologies; Exceptions, etc.
Subtitle 5
Educational Campus Districts
Subtitle 5
{Reserved}
§ 12-501.
§ 12-502.
§ 12-503.
§ 12-504.
§ 12-505.
Subtitle 6
Other Applicable Standards
§ 11-601.
§ 11-602.
§ 11-603.
§ 11-604.
§ 11-605.
§ 11-606.
§ 11-607.
§ 11-608.
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Establishment of TOD Districts.
Use regulations.
Bulk and yard regulations.
{Reserved}
Parking requirements.
Other applicable standards.
In general.
Accessory structures and uses.
Site development.
Off-street parking and loading.
Design standards.
Landscaping and screening.
Signs.
Temporary uses.
Use regulations.
Bulk and yard regulations.
Educational Campus Master Plan.
Other applicable standards.
Minimum size of district.
Subtitle 6
Hospital Campus Districts
§ 12-601.
§ 12-602.
§ 12-603.
§ 12-604.
§ 12-605.
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Bulk and yard regulations.
Hospital General Development Plan.
Other applicable standards.
Minimum size of district.
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Transportation Districts
TITLE 13
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
§ 12-701. Use regulations.
Subtitle 1
Purpose; Transition Rules
Subtitle 8
{Reserved}
§ 13-101. Purpose.
§ 13-102. Transition Rules.
Subtitle 9
Waterfront Overlay Districts
Subtitle 2
Requirements; Approval Standards; Exceptions
§ 12-901. Applicability.
§ 12-902. Design review required.
§ 12-903. Maximum building heights.
§ 12-904. Protection of public right-of-way view corridors.
§ 12-905. Building requirements.
§ 12-906. Waterfront public access promenade, open space,
and required easements.
§ 13-201.
§ 13-202.
§ 13-203.
§ 13-204.
Subtitle 3
Procedures for Plan Approval
Subtitle 10
Rowhouse Mixed-Use Overlay Districts
§ 12-1001.
§ 12-1002.
§ 12-1003.
§ 12-1004.
§ 12-1005.
§ 13-301.
§ 13-302.
§ 13-303.
§ 13-304.
§ 13-305.
Applicability.
Minimum size of district.
Use regulations.
Bulk and yard regulations.
Design and performance standards.
§ 13-401. Engineering corrections.
§ 13-402. Minor changes.
§ 13-403. Major changes.
Applicability.
Minimum size of district.
Use regulations.
Bulk and yard regulations.
Design and performance standards.
Subtitle 5
Enforcement
§ 13-501. Ordinance and development plan as binding
agreement.
§ 13-502. Expiration on failure to proceed timely.
§ 13-503. Noncompliance.
Subtitle 12
Adult Use Overlay District
§ 12-1201.
§ 12-1202.
§ 12-1203.
§ 12-1204.
In general.
Preliminary consultation.
Concept plan.
PUD master plan.
Final development plan.
Subtitle 4
Modifications to Approved Final Development Plans
Subtitle 11
Detached Dwelling Mixed-Use Overlay Districts
§ 12-1101.
§ 12-1102.
§ 12-1103.
§ 12-1104.
§ 12-1105.
Authorization.
General requirements.
Approval standards.
Exceptions from district regulations.
Applicability.
Use regulations.
Bulk and yard regulations.
Establishment of adult use.
TITLE 14
USE STANDARDS
Subtitle 13
Port Covington District
§ 12-1301.
§ 12-1302.
§ 12-1303.
§ 12-1304.
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
Subdistricts.
Use regulations.
Bulk and yard regulations.
Other applicable standards.
§ 14-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
Applicability of Use Standards
§ 14-201. Use of land and structures
§ 14-202. Additional standards.
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Subtitle 3
Use Standards
§ 14-301. Adult uses.
§ 14-301.1. After-hours establishments.
§ 14-302. Banquet halls.
§ 14-303. Boat manufacturing, repair, and sales.
§ 14-304. Car washes.
§ 14-305. Commercial composting facilities.
§ 14-306. Community-based alternative energy systems.
§ 14-307. Community-managed open-space gardens
and farms.
§ 14-308. Cultural facilities.
§ 14-309. Day-care centers: Adult or child.
§ 14-310. Day-care homes: Adult or child.
§ 14-311. Drive-through facilities.
§ 14-312. Entertainment and recreation facilities: Indoor
or outdoor.
§ 14-313. Fraternity or sorority houses.
§ 14-314. Gas stations.
§ 14-315. General industrial (in MI District).
§ 14-316. Junk or scrap storage and yards.
§ 14-317. Kennels and animal clinics.
§ 14-318. Landfill: Industrial.
§ 14-319. Live entertainment or dancing.
§ 14-320. Lodges and social clubs.
§ 14-321. Lounges.
§ 14-322. {Reserved}
§ 14-323. Marinas; Industrial boat repair facilities.
§ 14-324. Materials recovery facilities.
§ 14-325. Motor vehicle or recreational vehicle dealerships
or rental establishments.
§ 14-326. Motor vehicle service and repair: Major or minor.
§ 14-327. Multi-family dwellings – Accessory nonresidential uses.
§ 14-328. Neighborhood commercial establishments.
§ 14-329. Outdoor dining.
§ 14-330. Outdoor storage yards and contractor storage
yards.
§ 14-331. Parking garages (principal use) and parking lots.
§ 14-332. Places of worship.
§ 14-333. Recyclable materials recovery facilities.
§ 14-334. Residential-care facilities.
§ 14-335. Resource recovery facilities.
§ 14-335.1. Retail: Big box establishments.
§ 14-336. Retail goods establishments – With alcoholic
beverage sales.
§ 14-337. Taverns.
§ 14-338. Telecommunications facilities.
§ 14-339. Urban agriculture.
§ 14-340. Utilities and electric substations.
Subtitle 4
Temporary-Use Standards
§ 14-401. Permits.
§ 14-402. General provisions.
§§ 14-403 to 14-405. {Reserved}
§ 14-406. Permitted temporary uses – Carnivals or circuses.
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§ 14-407. Permitted temporary uses – Seasonal or holiday
sales lots.
§ 14-408. Permitted temporary uses – Farmers’ markets.
§ 14-409. Permitted temporary uses – House, apartment,
garage, and yard sales.
§ 14-410. Permitted temporary uses – Shows and sales.
§ 14-411. Permitted temporary uses – Sidewalk sales.
§ 14-412. Permitted temporary uses – Outdoor
entertainment.
§ 14-413. Permitted temporary uses – Batching plants.
§ 14-414. Permitted temporary uses – Contractor trailers;
Real estate model units.
§ 14-415. Permitted temporary uses – Self-storage
containers.
§ 14-416. Permitted temporary uses – Tents.
TITLE 15
SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 15-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
Applicability of Development Standards
§ 15-201. Compliance required.
§ 15-202. Continued conformity with yard, etc.,
requirements.
Subtitle 3
Measurement Methodologies
§ 15-301.
§ 15-302.
§ 15-303.
§ 15-304.
Measurement of building height.
Measurement of density.
Measurement of floor area ratio.
Measurement of lot coverage.
Subtitle 4
Exceptions
§ 15-401.
§ 15-402.
§ 15-403.
§ 15-404.
§ 15-405.
Street, public transit, and open-space dedications.
Inclusionary housing adjustment.
Rear yard reduction.
Building heights near Washington Monument.
Limitations in Mount Vernon neighborhood.
Subtitle 5
Accessory Structures and Uses
§ 15-501.
§ 15-502.
§ 15-503.
§ 15-504.
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Automobile charging station (electric and solar).
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§ 15-505. Exterior lighting.
§ 15-506. Greenhouses and hoop-houses.
§ 15-507. Home occupation.
§ 15-508. Mechanical equipment.
§ 15-509. Outdoor sales and displays by retail goods
establishments.
§ 15-510. Outdoor storage.
§ 15-511. Parking garages (residential).
§ 15-512. Porches.
§ 15-513. Public park accessory uses.
§ 15-514. Recycling collection stations.
§ 15-515. Refuse disposal containers and refuse
storage areas.
§ 15-516. Satellite dish antennas.
§ 15-517. Alternative energy systems: Solar.
§ 15-518. Alternative energy systems: Wind.
Subtitle 6
Permitted Encroachments
Subtitle 3
Construction of Facilities
§ 16-301. Site plan review requirements.
§ 16-302. Time of completion.
Subtitle 4
Design of Facilities
§ 16-401.
§ 16-402.
§ 16-403.
§ 16-404.
§ 16-405.
§ 16-406.
§ 16-407.
§ 16-408.
§ 16-409.
§ 16-410.
Subtitle 5
Permitted Parking Alternatives
§ 15-601. Permitted projections and obstructions into
required yards.
Subtitle 7
Performance Standards
§ 15-701. Purpose.
§ 15-702. Applicability of standards.
§ 15-703. Environmental performance standards.
TITLE 16
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
§ 16-501. Collective and alternating shared parking.
§ 16-502. Land-banked future parking.
§§ 16-503 and 16-504. {Reserved}
§ 16-505. Cross-access easements.
Subtitle 6
Required Off-Street Parking
§ 16-601. Exemptions from requirements.
§ 16-602. Required off-street parking.
Subtitle 7
Required Bicycle Parking
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 16-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
General Applicability
§ 16-201. Existing off-street parking facilities.
§ 16-202. Damage or destruction.
§ 16-203. Additions or expansions to existing structures.
§ 16-204. Change in use.
§ 16-205. Provision of additional spaces and parking
maximums.
§ 16-206. Prohibited uses of off-street parking and
loading spaces.
§ 16-207. Computation of off-street parking requirements.
§ 16-208. Accessible parking requirements.
Location.
Minimum dimensions of parking spaces.
Access.
Driveways.
Curb cuts.
Drive-through facility stacking spaces.
Surfacing.
Pavement markings
Curbing and wheel stops.
Lighting.
§ 16-701.
§ 16-702.
§ 16-703.
§ 16-704.
§ 16-705.
Design standards for all bicycle parking.
Location.
Short-term bicycle parking standards.
Long-term bicycle parking standards.
Required number of bicycle spaces.
Subtitle 8
Additional Vehicle Storage Requirements
§ 16-801. Commercial vehicles on private property zoned
for residential use.
§ 16-802. Parking or storing recreational vehicles.
§ 16-803. Storage, etc., of abandoned, etc., vehicles.
Subtitle 9
Off-Street Loading Requirements
§ 16-901. Design of off-street loading spaces.
§ 16-902. Required off-street loading spaces.
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TITLE 17
SIGNS
TITLE 18
NONCONFORMITIES
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title; Definitions
Subtitle 1
Purpose of Title
§ 17-101. Purpose.
§ 17-102. Definitions.
§ 18-101. Purpose.
Subtitle 2
Definitions: General Provisions
Subtitle 2
Placement, Design, and Construction
§ 18-201. Definitions.
§ 18-202. Authority to continue.
§ 18-203. Safety regulations.
§ 18-204. Nonconformity not established by casual, etc.,
uses.
§ 18-205. Nonconformity with off-street parking
requirements.
§ 18-206. Determination of nonconformity.
§ 17-201. Generally.
§ 17-202. Placement restrictions.
§ 17-203. Noncommercial speech allowed wherever
commercial speech allowed.
§ 17-204. General design and construction.
§ 17-205. Sign and premises maintenance.
Subtitle 3
Sign Dimension Measurement Methodology
§ 17-301.
§ 17-302.
§ 17-303.
§ 17-304.
§ 17-305.
§ 17-306.
§ 17-307.
Subtitle 3
Nonconforming Uses
In general.
Sign area – General.
Sign area – Supports and uprights excluded.
Sign area – Multi-faced signs.
Sign area – Three-dimensional, etc., signs.
Sign area – Maximum cumulative area on lot.
Sign height and width.
§ 18-301. Continuation.
§ 18-302. Expansion of use or structure.
§ 18-303. Repairs and alterations.
§ 18-304. Restoration of damaged structures.
§ 18-305. Relocation.
§ 18-306. Change of use.
§ 18-307. Discontinuance or abandonment.
§§ 18-308 to 18-309. {Reserved}
§ 18-310. Junk ... yards; Vehicle dismantling...;
Landfills.
Subtitle 4
Requirements by Sign Type
§ 17-401. A-frame signs.
§ 17-402. Alcoholic beverage and cigarette advertising.
§ 17-403. Attention-getting devices.
§ 17-404. Awning or canopy signs and open-structural
framework signs.
§ 17-405. Banner signs.
§ 17-406. Billboards.
§ 17-407. Electronic signs.
§ 17-408. Freestanding signs.
§ 17-409. {Reserved}
§ 17-410. Moving or flashing signs.
§ 17-411. Obscene signs.
§ 17-412. Portable signs.
§ 17-413. Projecting signs.
§ 17-414. Roof signs.
§ 17-415. Wall signs.
§ 17-416. Window signs.
Subtitle 4
Nonconforming Structures
§ 18-401. Application of subtitle.
§ 18-402. Continuation.
§ 18-403. Expansion of structure.
§ 18-404. Repairs and alterations.
§ 18-405. Restoration of damaged structures.
§ 18-406. Relocation.
§§ 18-407 to 18-410. {Reserved}
§ 18-411. Exceptions – Administrative bulk adjustments.
§ 18-412. Exceptions – Multi-family structures.
§ 18-413. Structures in Hospital Campus District.
Subtitle 5
Nonconforming Signs
§ 18-501. In general.
§ 18-502. Alterations, replacements, relocations, etc.
§ 18-503. Restoration of damaged signs.
§ 18-504. Continuance of certain nonconforming
billboards.
Subtitle 5
Areas of Special Signage Control
§ 17-501.
§ 17-502.
§ 17-503.
§ 17-504.
§ 17-505.
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Applicability.
Application process.
Signage Plan.
Signage Plan approval and amendment process.
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Subtitle 6
Nonconforming Lots
§ 18-601. Construction of single-family dwelling.
Subtitle 7
Mandatory Termination of Certain Uses
§ 18-701. Retail goods establishment – with alcoholic
beverage sales.
§ 18-702. Taverns.
TITLE 19
PROHIBITED CONDUCT; ENFORCEMENT;
ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW
Subtitle 1
Prohibited Conduct
§ 19-101. Prohibited conduct.
§ 19-102. Each day a separate offense.
Subtitle 2
Enforcement
Part I. Definitions
§ 19-201. “Person responsible” defined.
§§ 9-202 to 9-205. {Reserved}
Part II. Violation Notice
§ 19-206. Issuance.
§ 19-207. Service.
§ 19-208. Extension of time limit.
§§ 19-209 to 19-210. {Reserved}
Part III. Subsequent Proceedings
§ 19-211.
§ 19-212.
§ 19-213.
§ 19-214.
§ 19-215.
Remedies generally.
Remedies not exclusive.
Civil court proceedings.
Enforcement by citation.
Criminal penalties.
Subtitle 3
Administrative and Judicial Review
§ 19-301. Administrative appeals.
§ 19-302. Judicial review.
§ 19-303. Appellate review.
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LIST OF ZONING TABLES
Table 7-202: Open-Space Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 7-203: Open-Space Districts – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 8-301: Detached and Semi-Detached Residential Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 8-401: Detached and Semi-Detached Residential Districts – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 9-301: Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 9-401: Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential Districts – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 10-301: Commercial Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 10-401: Commercial Districts (C-1 to C-4) – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 10-401: Commercial Districts (C-5) – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 11-301: Industrial Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 11-401: Industrial Districts – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 12-301: Office-Residential Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 12-302: Office-Residential Districts – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 12-402: Transit-oriented Development Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 12-403: Transit-oriented Development Districts – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 12-501: Educational Campus Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 12-502: Educational Campus Districts – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 12-601: Hospital Campus Districts – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 12-602: Hospital Campus Districts – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 12-903(1):
Table 12-903(2):
Table 12-903(3):
Table 12-903(4):
Canton Waterfront Area
Fells Point Waterfront Area
Key Highway Waterfront Area
Middle Branch Waterfront Area
Table 12-1302: Port Covington District – Permitted and Conditional Uses
Table 12-1303: Port Covington District – Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 15-405: Mount Vernon Neighborhood Height Map
Table 15-601: Permitted Encroachments into Required Yards
Table 16-402:
Table 16-406:
Table 16-501:
Table 16-705:
Table 16-902:
Off-Street Parking Dimensions
Required Off-Street Parking
Collective Parking Calculation
Required Bicycle Spaces
Off-Street Loading Requirements
Table 17-201: Sign Regulations
Table 17-306: Maximum Cumulative Area of Signs
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBTITLE 1
PURPOSE OF TITLE
§ 1-101. In general.
This title contains:
(1) rules of interpretation for this Code;
(2) generic use definitions; and
(3) definitions of general terms used in this Code.
(Ord. 16-581.)
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SUBTITLE 2
RULES OF INTERPRETATION
§ 1-201. In general.
In interpreting and applying this Code, the following rules of interpretation apply.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-202. Captions or headings.
The captions or headings of the various sections and subsections:
(1) are for convenience of reference only, intended to summarize the statutory
provisions that follow; and
(2) are not law and are not to be taken as affecting the meaning or effect of the law.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-203. Code not a permit.
Nothing in this Code may be taken to be a consent, license, or permit to:
(1) use any property;
(2) locate, erect, or maintain any structure or facility; or
(3) carry on any trade, industry, occupation, or activity.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-204. Conflicting provisions.
(a) Code sets minimum requirements.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Code are intended as the
minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and welfare.
(b) Most restrictive provision governs.
If any condition or requirement imposed by this Code is either more or less restrictive than
a comparable condition or requirement imposed by any other provision of this Code or of any
other law, rule, or regulation of any kind, including an applicable Urban Renewal Plan, the
condition or requirement that is the more restrictive governs.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-205. Gender.
Words denoting one gender apply to the other genders as well.
(Ord. 16-581.)
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§ 1-206. “Includes” or “including”.
“Includes” or “including” means by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-207. Mandatory, prohibitory, and permissive terms.
(a) Mandatory terms.
“Must” and “shall” are each mandatory terms used to express a requirement or to impose a duty.
(b) Prohibitory terms.
“Must not,” “may not”, and “no... may” are each mandatory negative terms used to establish a
prohibition.
(c) Permissive terms.
“May” is permissive.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-208. Number.
The singular includes the plural and vice versa.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-209. References to “this Code”.
Throughout this article, all references to “this Code” refer to this Article, the Zoning Code of
Baltimore City.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-210. References to other laws.
Whenever a provision of this Code refers to any part of the City Code or to any other law, the
reference applies to any subsequent amendment of the law referred to, unless the referring
provision expressly provides otherwise.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-211. Severability.
(a) In general.
Except as specified in subsection (b) of this section:
(1) all provisions of this Code are severable; and
(2) if a court determines that a word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, subsection,
section, or other provision is invalid or that the application of any part of the
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provision to any person or circumstances is invalid, the remaining provisions and
the application of those provisions to other persons or circumstances are not
affected by that decision.
(b) Exceptions.
Subsection (a) of this section does not apply:
(1) to the extent that a statute specifically provides otherwise; or
(2) if the court finds that the remaining provisions alone are incomplete and incapable
of being executed in accordance with the legislative intent.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-212. Tables.
(a) In general.
(1) Except for the Cumulative Table of Uses, the “Tables” contained in this Code and the
statutory references to them are part of this Code and of the laws enacted by it.
(2) The Cumulative Table of Uses that accompanies this Code:
(i) is for convenience of reference only, intended as a guide to this Code; and
(ii) is not law and is not to be taken as affecting the meaning or effect of the law.
(b) Use symbology.
(1) In Tables of Uses:
(i) a “P” indicates that a use is permitted within that zoning district;
(ii) a “CB” indicates that a use is a conditional use within that zoning district
requiring approval by the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals;
(iii) a “CO” indicates that a use is a conditional use within that zoning district
requiring approval by Ordinance of the Mayor and City Council;
(iv) no letter (that is, a blank space) or the absence of the use from the table indicates
that the use is not allowed within that zoning district; and
(v) each Table of Uses organizes its lists of uses under the following “Use Categories”:
“Residential”, “Institutional”, “Open-Space”, “Commercial”, “Industrial”, and
“Other”.
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(2) In Signage Tables
(i) an “A” indicates that a sign type is allowed in that Zoning District; and
(ii) an “ASSC Only” indicates that a sign type is only allowed in an approved Area of
Special Signage Control.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 18-216.)
§ 1-213. Time computations.
(a) Computation of time after an act, event, or default.
(1) In computing any period of time prescribed by this Code, the day of the act, event,
or default after which the designated period of time begins to run is not included.
(2) If the period of time allowed is more than 7 days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays,
and legal holidays are counted.
(3) If the period of time allowed is 7 days or less, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays,
and legal holidays are not counted.
(4) The last day of the period so computed is included unless it is a Saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day that is
not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
(b) Computation of time before a day, act, or event.
(1) In determining the latest day for performing an act that is required by this Code to
be performed a prescribed number of days before a certain day, act, or event, all days
preceding that day, including intervening Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, are
counted in the number of days so prescribed.
(2) The latest day is included in the determination unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
holiday, in which event the latest day is the first preceding day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-214. Undefined terms.
Terms not defined in this Code are to be interpreted in accord with their ordinarily accepted
meanings, as their context implies.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-215. “Used” or “Occupied”.
Whenever the word “used” or “occupied” is used, it is to be construed as though followed by the
phrase “or arranged, intended, or designed to be used/occupied”.
§ 1-216. {Reserved}
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§ 1-217. Uses – generic, specific, and prohibited.
(a) Generic uses described.
Certain uses in this Code are defined to be inclusive of many specific uses so as to minimize
overly detailed lists of uses for the various zoning districts established by this Code. These
inclusive uses are referred to in this Code as “generic uses”.
(b) Relationship of generic to specific.
(1) If a specific use is listed in any use table, that specific use cannot be interpreted as falling
within any generic use that is listed in the same table.
(2) If the definition of a generic use specifically excludes a specific use, the generic use cannot
be interpreted as allowing that specific use.
(c) Uses prohibited if not listed.
A use is prohibited in a zoning district unless:
(1) that use is specifically listed as a permitted or conditional use in the use table for that
district; or
(2) that use falls within the definition of a generic use that is itself listed as a permitted or
conditional use in the use table for that district.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 18-171.)
§ 1-218. Uses prohibited citywide.
(a) Application of section.
This section and its listing of certain prohibited uses:
(1) is not exhaustive; and
(2) may not be construed to imply that any use not listed here is a permitted
or conditional use.
(b) Listing.
The following uses are prohibited in all zoning districts of the City:
(1) crude oil terminals;
(2) incinerators;
(3) junk or scrap storage and yards;
(4) nuclear power plants;
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(5) solid waste sanitary landfills;
(6) storage on barges and belt conveyor systems used for the transfer of materials,
but this prohibition does not apply to the continuous process of unloading or
loading processed metal (as defined in § 1-308) for and during its transfer to or
from a docked barge or vessel awaiting shipment; and
(7) vehicle dismantling facilities.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 18-110.)
§ 1-219. Use and Site Development Standards.
(a) Permitted and conditional uses.
Title 14 {“Use Standards”} of this Code sets forth specific standards for certain permitted and
conditional uses listed in the use tables.
(b) Accessory structures and uses.
Title 15 {“Site Development Standards”} of this Code sets forth specific requirements, including
measurement methodologies, for certain accessory structures and uses.
(Ord. 16-581.)
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DEFINITIONS
§ 1-301. In general.
In this Code, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
(Ord. 16-581.)
§ 1-302. “Abut” to “Awning”.
(a) Abut.
“Abut” means to share a common lot line or zoning district boundary without being separated
by a street or alley.
(b) Accessory structure.
“Accessory structure” means a structure that is:
(1) customarily incidental and subordinate to the use of the principal structure served;
(2) subordinate in lot coverage and floor area to the principal structure served; and
(3) located on the same lot as the principal structure served.
(c) Accessory use.
“Accessory use” means a use that is:
(1) customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the lot or principal
structure served; and
(2) located on the same lot as the principal use or principal structure served.
(d) Addition; Enlargement.
“Addition” or “enlargement”, when referring to a structure, means construction that increases
the height, length, width, or floor area of the structure.
(e) Adjacent.
“Adjacent” means to lie near, close to, or in the vicinity of.
(f) Adjoining.
“Adjoining” means to touch, abut, or border on, as distinguished from adjacent.
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(g) Adult day-care center.
See “Day-care center: Adult”.
(h) Adult day-care home.
See “Day-care home: Adult”.
(i) Adult use.
(1) General.
“Adult use” means any establishment that offers its customers, for viewing, purchase,
loan, or otherwise, sexually explicit materials or entertainment that, applying contemporary
standards, the average individual would find, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient
interest.
(2) Inclusions.
“Adult use” includes any:
(i) adult-entertainment business, as defined in City Code Article 15, Subtitle 1
{“Adult-Entertainment Businesses”};
(ii) adult book or video store, as defined in paragraph (3) of this subsection; and
(iii) peep show establishment, as defined in City Code Article 13, Subtitle 13
{“Licensing of Peep Show Establishments”}.
(3) “Adult book or video store” defined.
(i) In general.
“Adult book or video store” means a place of activity the principal use of which is
to sell, transfer, or disseminate sexually explicit material, including the following:
(A) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, video, or similar visual
representation or image of an individual or part of the human body that:
1. depicts nudity, sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct,
or sexual excitement; and
2. is harmful to minors; or
(B) any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter however reproduced, or
sound recording that:
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1. contains any matter enumerated in item A of this subparagraph
or any explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative
accounts of sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual
excitement; and
2. taken as a whole, is harmful to minors.
(ii) Supplemental definitions.
In this paragraph (3), “harmful to minors”, “nudity”, “sadomasochistic abuse”,
“sexual conduct”, and “sexual excitement” have meanings stated in City Code
Article 19, § 36-1 {“Minors - Indecent Materials: Definitions”}.
(i-1) After-hours establishment.
“After-hours establishment” means any of the following uses that is open for any period of time
after 2 a.m. and before 6 a.m. on any day:
(1) a banquet hall, a lodge or social club, or a similar place; or
(2) an adult use, a lounge, live entertainment as a principal use, or a restaurant that provides
live entertainment as an accessory use.
(j) Age-restricted multi-family dwelling.
“Age-restricted multi-family dwelling” means a multi-family dwelling that restricts occupancy
to individuals 62 years old or older.
(k) Age-restricted residential-care facility.
“Age-restricted residential-care facility” means a residential-care facility that restricts residents
to individuals 62 years old or older.
(l) Alley.
“Alley” means any roadway that is open to the general public and primarily designed and used
for the servicing of adjacent buildings through their rear or side entrances.
(m) Alteration.
“Alteration” means a change in the size, shape, occupancy, or use of a structure.
(n) Alternative energy system.
(1) In general.
“Alternative energy system” means equipment used to generate thermal or electrical
energy from renewable sources.
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(2) Inclusions.
“Alternative energy system” includes:
(i) a commercial alternative energy system;
(ii) a community-based alternative energy system; and
(iii) a private alternative energy system.
(o) Alternative energy system: Commercial.
“Alternative energy system: Commercial” means an alternative energy system designed
to produce greater levels of energy for consumers with high energy demands, such as
industrial users, or for supply to an electric grid.
(p) Alternative energy system: Community-based.
“Alternative energy system: Community-based” means an alternative energy system that:
(1) primarily produces energy for consumption on site by a property owner or for
supply to an electric grid; and
(2) is supported by community members who purchase energy from the system
and who might benefit financially from the system.
(q) Amateur (ham) radio equipment.
“Amateur (ham) radio equipment” has the meaning stated in § 15-502 {“Amateur (ham)
radio equipment”} of this Code.
(r) Animal clinic.
(1) In general.
“Animal clinic” means an establishment used by a licensed veterinarian:
(i) for the immunization, diagnosis, or treatment of animals or for surgery
on animals and
(ii) for boarding animals during their treatment or convalescence.
(2) Exclusions.
“Animal clinic” does not include a kennel.
(s) Architectural feature.
“Architectural feature” means a part or projection of a structure, excluding a sign, that:
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(1) contributes to the aesthetics of the structure; and
(2) is not needed either for the structural integrity of the structure or to make
the structure habitable.
(t) Art gallery.
(1) In general.
“Art gallery” means an establishment that engages in the sale, loan, or display of paintings,
sculptures, photographs, video art, or other works of art.
(2) Exclusions.
“Art gallery” does not include:
(i) a cultural facility, such as a library, museum, or non-commercial gallery
that might also display works of art;
(ii) an arts studio; or
(iii) an arts studio - industrial.
(u) Arts studio.
(1) In general.
“Arts studio” means an establishment in which an art, a type of exercise, or an activity
is taught, practiced, or studied, such as dance, martial arts, photography, music, painting,
gymnastics, or yoga.
(2) Inclusions.
“Arts studio” includes:
(i) performance-space related to the classes taught on-site; and
(ii) recording studios.
(3) Exclusions.
“Arts studio” does not include an establishment that teaches the types of arts taught in
an arts studio – industrial.
(v) Arts studio: Industrial.
“Arts studio: Industrial” means a studio for artisan-related crafts, such as small-scale
metalworking, glassblowing, furniture making, pottery, leathercraft, and similar activities.
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(w) Awning.
“Awning” means an architectural projection that:
(1) comprises a lightweight frame structure over which a covering is attached;
(2) is designed to provide weather protection, identity, or decoration; and
(3) is partially or wholly supported by the building to which it is attached.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 17-015; 17-056; 18-171.)
§ 1-303. “Bail bond establishment” to “Child day-care home”.
(a) Bail bond establishment.
“Bail bond establishment” means an establishment in which a State-licensed or -approved
bail bondsman provides bail bondsman services, whether for compensation or not.
(b) {Reserved}
(c) Banquet hall.
(1) In general.
“Banquet hall” means an establishment:
(i) for which all events are directly managed by the owner of the facility
or by a person regularly employed by the owner and responsible
to the owner for the on-site management of all events held in that facility
and for event arrangements;
(ii) that is used regularly for serving food or beverage provided by the owner
or by caterers and suppliers approved in advance by the owner;
(iii) that serves designated groups that, before the day of the event, have
reserved the facility for banquets or meetings and provided all insurance
certificates, security contracts, off-street parking contracts required by the
facility’s owner;
(iv) to which the general public is not admitted;
(v) for which no admission fee is charged at the door; and
(vi) in which no third party promoter is involved or stands to profit.
(2) Supplemental definition.
In paragraph (1)(vi) of this subsection, “promoter” means a person whose primary
business is to organize, schedule, and operate one-time events in various leased venues
through wide-scale promotions and advance sales of general admission tickets advertised
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primarily by flyers, websites, e-blasts, and social media and customarily selling general
admission tickets at the door.
(3) Inclusions.
“Banquet hall” includes an establishment that provides live entertainment as an
accessory to the use described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(4) Exclusions.
“Banquet hall” does not include any restaurant or tavern.
(d) Basement.
“Basement” means that portion of a building that has its floor subgrade (below ground level)
on all sides.
(e) Bay window.
“Bay window” means a window that:
(1) projects outward from a building;
(2) begins at least 2 feet above the ground; and
(3) has no structural support to the ground.
(f) Bed and breakfast.
“Bed and breakfast” means an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling that:
(1) is used primarily as a the owner’s personal home; but
(2) also, while the owner is in residence, provides lodging in 3 or fewer guest rooms
to members of the general public who have primary residences elsewhere.
(g) Billboard.
“Billboard” means any sign that directs attention to a business or commodity that is:
(i) sold or offered somewhere other than on the property on which the sign is located; or
(ii) sold or offered on that property only incidentally, if at all.
(h) Blockface.
“Blockface” means all of 1 side of a given street between 2 consecutive intersecting streets.
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(i) Boat manufacturing, repair, and sales.
(1) Inclusions.
“Boat manufacturing, repair, and sales” includes the following activities:
(i) assembly and installation of sails, masts, bridges, or other major
components;
(ii) sandblasting or other preparation and painting of hulls;
(iii) installation of navigational instruments;
(iv) testing of electrical, mechanical, and other systems; and
(v) incidental storage.
(2) Exclusions.
“Boat manufacturing, repair, and sales” does not include the leasing of dry dock
or marina storage for individual boat owners.
(j) Body art establishment.
(1) In general.
“Body art establishment” means an establishment that offers body piercing, nonmedical body modification, or tattooing services.
(2) Exclusions.
“Body art establishment” does not include an establishment that only offers
ear piercing.
(k) Broadcasting station (TV or radio).
(1) In general.
“Broadcasting station (tv or radio)” means commercial and public communications
facilities, including radio and television broadcasting and receiving stations and studios.
(2) Exclusions.
“Broadcasting station (tv or radio)” does not include freestanding TV or radio antennas.
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(l) Buffer (CBCA).
“Buffer”, as it applies to the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, has the meaning stated in
§ 7-402 {“CBCA Overlay: Definitions”} of this Code.
(m) Building.
“Building” means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or
occupancy.
(n) Building: Principal.
“Building: Principal” means non-accessory building in which a principal use is conducted.
(o) Canopy.
“Canopy” means a permanent structure or architectural projection that:
(1) is of rigid construction over which a covering is attached;
(2) is designed to provide weather protection, identity or decoration; and
(3) is structurally independent or supported by attachment to a building on one or
more sides.
(p) Car wash.
(1) In general.
“Car wash” means an establishment for washing or cleaning motor vehicles, whether by
using mechanical devices or hand labor.
(2) Self-Service.
“Car wash” includes facilities for self-service motor vehicle washing or cleaning.
(q) Caretaker’s dwelling.
See “Dwelling: Caretaker’s”.
(r) Carnival; Circus.
“Carnival” or “circus” means a use of land for:
(1) circuses, carnivals, fetes, bazaars, and similar events;
(2) feats of horseback-riding ability, acrobatic stunts, trained animal acts, clowning,
and similar performances;
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(3) mechanical rides or other amusement devices to which the public is admitted;
and
(4) temporary stands or facilities for selling or dispensing products for human
consumption in connection with these uses.
(s) Carriage house.
“Carriage house” means an accessory structure of 2-story construction that was formerly used
or intended to be used for the storage of horses and carriages.
(t) Carry-out food shop.
“Carry-out food shop” means an establishment where prepared food is served in disposable
containers or wrappers from a serving counter, primarily for off-premises consumption.
(u) Cemetery.
(1) In general.
“Cemetery” means land used or dedicated to the burial of the dead.
(2) Inclusions.
“Cemetery” includes:
(i) a crematorium;
(ii) mausoleums;
(iii) a funeral home, if operating within the boundaries of the cemetery; and
(iv) necessary sales and maintenance facilities.
(v) Check-cashing establishment.
“Check-cashing establishment” means an establishment, other than a financial institution,
that provides a check-cashing service, for a fee, to the general public.
(w) Child day-care center.
See “Day-care center: Child”.
(x) Child day-care home.
See “Day-care home: Child”.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 17-015; Ord. 18-216.)
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§ 1-304. “Chimney” to “Day-care center: Child”.
(a) Chimney.
“Chimney”means a vertical shaft of reinforced concrete, masonry, or other approved material
that encloses 1 or more flues, for the purpose of removing the products of combustion from
solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel.
(b) {Reserved}
(c) Clinic.
See “Animal clinic”; “Health-care clinic”.
(d) Commercial alternative energy system.
See “Alternative energy system: Commercial”.
(e) Commercial college.
See “Educational facility: Commercial-vocational”.
(f) Commercial vehicle.
“Commercial vehicle” has the meaning stated in City Code Article 31 {“Transit and Traffic”},
§ 1-1(f) {“Definitions – A to L: Commercial vehicle”}.
(g) Community center.
(1) In general.
“Community center” means a facility in which people who live in the neighborhood
or community are able to meet and carry on cultural, social, or recreational activities.
(2) Inclusions.
“Community center” includes indoor or outdoor recreational facilities.
(h) Community-managed open-space garden.
(1) In general.
“Community-managed open-space garden” means an open-space area that:
(i) is maintained by more than 1 household; and
(ii) is used for traditional community-garden activities of planting,
cultivating, harvesting, maintaining, and distributing fruits, flowers, vegetables, or
ornamental plants.
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(2) Inclusions.
“Community-managed open-space garden” includes:
(i) accessory sheds, gazebos, and pergolas;
(ii) temporary greenhouses and similar structures to extend the
growing season; and
(ii) the provision of space for related open-air recreation, active
or passive, but not including playground equipment.
(i) Community-managed open-space farm.
(1) In general.
“Community-managed open-space farm” means an open-space area that:
(i) is maintained by more than 1 household; and
(ii) in addition to the uses permitted in a community-managed open-space garden, is used
for 1 or more of the following:
(A) the keeping of livestock and animals;
(B) temporary farm stands, but no more than 1 per lot;
and
(C) the receipt and free redistribution of organic waste material for composting.
(2) Inclusions.
“Community-managed open-space farm” includes on-site storage, including
storage for farmstands.
(j) Community-based alternative energy system.
See “Alternative energy system: Community-based”.
(k) Composting.
“Composting” means the processing of organic waste material, such as yard and food waste,
under controlled conditions to yield a nuisance-free humus-like product.
(l) Comprehensive Master Plan.
“Comprehensive Master Plan” means the Master Plan adopted under City Charter Article VII,
§ 74 {“Department of Planning: Master Plan”} and the State Land Use Article.
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(m) Comprehensive rezoning.
“Comprehensive rezoning” means an ordinance that is:
(1) initiated by City government to modify the zoning classifications of multiple
properties;
(2) based on considerations concerning the common needs of a substantial geographic
area, involving a considerable number of properties;
(3) designed to control and direct the use of land and structures according to present
and planned future conditions; and
(4) the product of:
(i) careful consideration and extensive study by the Planning Department;
and
(ii) review by the Planning Commission.
(n) Conditional use.
See “Use: Conditional”.
(o) Contractor storage yard.
“Contractor storage yard” means land or structures used primarily for the storage of equipment,
vehicles, machinery, building materials, paint, piping, or electrical components being used by the
owner or occupant of the premises in the conduct of a building trade.
(p) Convention center.
(1) In general.
“Convention center” means an establishment that accommodates conventions, conferences,
seminars, product displays, recreation activities, and entertainment functions.
(2) Inclusions.
“Convention center” includes accessory uses such as:
(i) temporary outdoor displays; and
(ii) food and beverage preparation and service for on-premise consumption.
(q) Corner lot.
See “Lot: Corner”.
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(r) Corner-side lot line.
See “Lot line: Corner-side”.
(s) Cornice.
“Cornice” means a continuous molded projection that:
(1) extends outward from an exterior wall at the roof line;
(2) crowns a wall; or
(3) divides a wall horizontally.
(t) Country club.
“Country club” means a club organized and operated primarily for social and both indoor and
outdoor recreation purposes, with recreation facilities for members, their families, and invited
guests.
(u) Critical Area (CBCA).
“Critical Area”, as it applies to the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, has the meaning stated in
§ 7-402 {“CBCA Overlay: Definitions”} of this Code.
(v) Critical Area Management Program (CBCA).
“Critical Area Management Program”, as it applies to the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, has
the meaning stated in § 7-402 {“CBCA Overlay: Definitions”} of this Code.
(w) Crude oil terminal.
(1) “Crude oil” defined.
(i) In general.
“Crude oil” means any naturally occurring liquid petroleum extracted from geological
formations beneath the earth’s surface which requires further refinement before consumer
use.
(ii) Exclusions.
“Crude oil” does not include finished products derived from petroleum including but not
limited to asphalt.
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(2) “Crude oil terminal” defined.
(i) In general.
“Crude oil terminal” means a facility that receives, stores, transfers, ships, or processes
crude oil.
(ii) Exclusions.
“Crude oil terminal” does not include facilities owned or operated by a rail carrier, as
defined in U.S. Code Title 49, Subtitle IV, Part A, Chapter 101, § 10102 {“Definitions”}.
(x) Cultural facility.
(1) In general.
“Cultural facility” means a facility that provides cultural services and facilities to the
public.
(2) Illustrations.
“Cultural facility” includes any of the following, whether operated by a public, nonprofit, or private entity:
(i) a museum;
(ii) an historical society; or
(iii) a library.
(3) Inclusions.
“Cultural facility” includes the following accessory uses designed and intended primarily
for patrons of the facility:
(i) a gift or souvenir shop; and
(ii) a restaurant or refreshment stands.
(y) Day-care center: Adult.
(1) In general.
“Day-care center: Adult” means an establishment that provides care for 3 or more elderly or
functionally impaired adults on less than a 24-hour basis.
(2) Exclusions.
“Day-care center: Adult” does not include:
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(i) a program that, as an accessory use to a place of worship, provides care
for elderly or functionally impaired adults; or
(ii) an adult day-care home.
(z) Day-care center: Child.
(1) In general.
“Day-care center: Child” means an establishment that provides care for 3 or more children
on less than a 24-hour basis.
(2) Exclusions.
“Day-care center: Child” does not include:
(i) a program that, as an accessory use to an educational facility or a place
of worship, provides care for children; or
(ii) a child day-care home.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 17-015; Ord. 18-110.)
Editor’s Note: Subsection (w) is new. It and succeeding subsections have been relettered,
renumbered, or both by authority of Ord. 17-015, Section 4.
§ 1-305. “Day-care home: Adult” to “Electric substation: Outdoor”.
(a) Day-care home: Adult.
(1) In general.
“Day-care home: Adult” means a dwelling in which a resident of the dwelling provides
care for up to 8 elderly or functionally impaired adults who do not spend the night at the
dwelling.
(2) Exclusion.
“Day-care home: Adult” does not include an adult day-care center.
(b) Day-care home: Child.
(1) In general.
“Day-care home: Child” means a dwelling in which a resident of the dwelling provides
care for up to 8 children, including the resident’s own.
(2) Exclusions.
“Day-care home: Child” does not include a child day-care center.
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(c) Dental clinic.
See “Health-care clinic”.
(d) Detached dwelling.
See “Dwelling: Detached”.
(e) Development (CBCA).
“Development”, as it applies to the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, has the meaning stated
in § 7-402 {“CBCA Overlay: Definitions”} of this Code.
(f) Disturb (CBCA).
“Disturb”, as it applies to the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, has the meaning stated in
§ 7-402 {“CBCA Overlay: Definitions”} of this Code.
(g) Dormitory.
“Dormitory” means a structure that:
(1) is owned or operated by or for an educational institution or a hospital; and
(2) provides group sleeping accommodations in 1 room or in a series of
closely associated rooms for students not members of the same family.
(h) Drive-through facility.
“Drive-through facility” means an establishment that provides products or services through
an attendant, window, or automated machine to individuals occupying motor vehicles in a
designated stacking space.
(i) Driveway.
“Driveway” means a connecting way that runs between a street and an off-street parking or
drop-off area and is designed to permit a vehicle to leave the roadway at grade and enter
entirely into the off-street area.
(j) Driving range.
(1) In general.
“Driving range” means an area that is equipped with distance markers, clubs, balls,
and tees for practicing the striking of golf balls.
(2) Inclusions.
“Driving range” includes an accessory snack bar and pro-shop.
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(k) Dry storage marina.
See “Marina: Dry storage”.
(l) Dwelling.
“Dwelling” means a building or part of a building used for residential occupancy.
(m) Dwelling: Caretaker’s.
“Dwelling: Caretaker’s” means a residence for an individual employed on a site to care for
and protect individuals and property on the site or on adjacent sites.
(n) Dwelling: Detached.
“Dwelling: Detached” means a dwelling that contains a single dwelling unit and is not
attached to any other dwelling.
(o) Dwelling: Live-Work.
“Dwelling: Live-Work” means a structure that combines a single dwelling unit with a nonresidential use that:
(1) is permitted in the zoning district in which the structure is located and used
predominantly by 1 or more of the unit’s residents; or
(2) is an arts-related activity, such as painting, photography, sculpture, music, and
film, and conducted predominantly by 1 or more of the unit’s residents.
(p) Dwelling: Multi-family.
(1) In general.
“Dwelling: Multi-family” means a dwelling that contains 2 or more dwelling units.
(2) Inclusions.
“Dwelling: Multi-family” includes common facilities for residents, such as laundry
rooms.
(q) Dwelling: Multi-family (Age-restricted).
See “Age-restricted multi-family dwelling”.
(r) Dwelling: Rowhouse.
“Dwelling: Rowhouse” means 1 of 3 or more buildings, each of which contains a single
dwelling unit used for residential occupancy, with each building having its own private
entrance and being joined to the others by a party or shared wall.
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(s) Dwelling: Semi-detached.
“Dwelling: Semi-detached” means 1 of 2 buildings, each of which contains a single
dwelling unit used for residential occupancy, with each building having its own private
entrance and being joined to the other by a party or shared wall and not otherwise attached to
any other dwelling.
(t) Dwelling: Single-family.
“Dwelling: Single-family” means a dwelling that contains only 1 dwelling unit.
(u) Dwelling unit.
“Dwelling unit” means 1 or more rooms in a dwelling that:
(1) are used as living facilities for no more than 1 family; and
(2) contain permanently installed bathroom and kitchen facilities reserved
for the occupants of those rooms.
(v) Easement.
“Easement” means legal permission granted by a property owner to another for the use of the
property for specific purposes, such as the construction of accessways, utilities, and roadways.
(w) Eave.
“Eave” means the projecting lower edges of a roof that overhang an exterior wall of a building.
(x) Educational facility: Commercial-vocational.
(1) In general.
“Educational facility: Commercial-vocational” means:
(i) a post-secondary school that teaches industrial, clerical, managerial,
commercial, or artistic skills; or
(ii) a school conducted as a commercial enterprise, such as a driving school.
(2) Exclusions.
“Educational facility: Commercial-vocational” does not include a post-secondary
educational facility.
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(y) Educational facility: Post-secondary.
(1) In general.
“Educational facility: Post-secondary” means a post-secondary institution for higher
learning, such as a university or college, that grants associate, bachelor, master, or
doctoral degrees.
(2) Inclusions.
“Educational facility: Post-secondary” includes post-secondary theological schools
for training ministers, priests, rabbis, or other religious functionaries.
(3) Exclusions.
“Educational facility: Post-secondary” does not include a commercial-vocational
educational facility.
(z) Educational facility: Primary and secondary.
“Educational facility: Primary and secondary” means a public, private, or parochial school that
offers instruction at any of the elementary through high school levels.
(aa) Electric substation.
(1) General.
“Electric substation” means a facility that is:
(i) owned, leased, or otherwise maintained by an electric company regulated
by the Maryland Public Service Commission; and
(ii) primarily used to convert, switch, or terminate electric voltages at or above
4,000 volts.
(2) Inclusions.
“Electric substation” includes generation facilities used to support the electric distribution
system.
(bb) Electric substation: Indoor.
“Electric substation: Indoor” means an electric substation the major components of which
are housed within a covered building.
(cc) Electric substation: Outdoor.
“Electric substation: Outdoor” means an electric substation that is neither an electric substation:
enclosed nor an electric substation: indoor.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 17-015.)
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§ 1-306. “Encroachment” to “Golf course”.
(a) Encroachment.
“Encroachment” means the placement or extension of any structure or component of a structure
into a required yard.
(b) Entertainment: Indoor.
(1) In general.
“Entertainment: Indoor” means a predominantly spectator use conducted within an
enclosed structure, such as a movie theater.
(2) Inclusions.
“Entertainment: Indoor” includes the following accessory uses designed and intended
primarily for patrons of the facility:
(i) a gift or souvenir shop; and
(ii) a restaurant or refreshment stands.
(3) Exclusions.
“Entertainment: Indoor” does not include:
(i) live entertainment; or
(ii) indoor recreation.
(c) Entertainment: Live.
(1) In general.
“Entertainment: Live” means 1 or more of any of the following, performed live by 1 or
more individuals, whether or not done for compensation and whether or not admission
is charged:
(i) musical act, including karaoke;
(ii) theatrical act, including a play, revue, or stand-up comedy;
(iii) dance;
(iv) magic act;
(v) disc jockey; or
(vi) similar activity.
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(2) Exclusions.
“Entertainment: Live” does not include any adult use.
(d) Environmentally sensitive area.
“Environmentally sensitive area” means land that contains any of the following natural areas:
(1) streams or stream buffers;
(2) habitats of threatened or endangered species;
(3) forests or forested areas;
(4) wetlands or wetland buffers;
(5) steep slopes (i.e., slopes of 20% or more);
(6) floodplains;
(7) any part of the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area; and
(8) significant or specimen trees.
(e) Erect.
“Erect” means:
(1) to construct, reconstruct, or move a structure on a lot; or
(2) to excavate, fill, drain, or conduct physical operations of any kind in preparation for
or while undertaking the construction, reconstruction, or moving of a structure on a lot.
(f) Fairgrounds.
“Fairgrounds” means an area used variously for one or more of the following, either singularly
or in combination with one another:
(1) animal shows;
(2) auctions;
(3) carnivals;
(4) circuses;
(5) concerts;
(6) fairs;
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(7) food booths;
(8) games;
(9) rides;
(10) rodeos;
(11) sales; or
(12) similar activities.
(g) Family.
(1) In general.
“Family” means one of the following, together with customary household helpers:
(i) an individual;
(ii) 2 or more people related by blood, marriage, adoption, or State-supervised foster
care, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit; or
(iii) a group of not more than 4 people, who need not be related, living together as a
single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.
(2) Roomers included.
“Family” includes, with respect to those listed in paragraph (1)(i) or (ii) only, up to 2
roomers within the dwelling unit, as long as they share a common entrance and cooking and
bathroom facilities.
(3) Exclusions.
“Family” does not include, in any case:
(i) more than 4 unrelated people; or
(ii) the occupants of a rooming house, a hotel or motel, or a fraternity or sorority house.
(h) Financial institution.
“Financial institution” includes any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, mortgage
company, or standalone automated teller machine.
(i) Fishing pier.
“Fishing pier” means a fixed or floating platform that extends from the shore over the water
and is used for fishing activities.
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(j) Floor area: gross (GFA).
“Floor area: gross (GFA)” means the sum of the area of all floors of a structure, as measured
from the outside faces of the exterior walls or from the centerlines of party walls.
(k) Floor area ratio (FAR).
“Floor area ratio (FAR)” means the gross floor area within a structure divided by the area of
the lot.
(l) Food processing: Light.
“Food processing: Light” means an establishment for preparing, processing, canning, or
packaging food and beverage products, where all these activities are within an enclosed
structure and create no outside impacts.
(m) Food shop: Carry-out.
See “Carry-out food shop”.
(n) Footcandle.
“Footcandle” means the unit of illumination that equals the illumination at all points 1 foot
distant from a uniform light source of 1 candlepower.
(o) Forest and nature preserve.
“Forest and nature preserve” means an open space that preserves natural features and protects
wildlife and critical environmental features.
(p) Fraternity or sorority house.
(1) In general.
“Fraternity or sorority house” means a primarily residential structure for the housing
of undergraduates of local colleges and universities by members of the same fraternal
or sororal organization or association.
(2) Inclusions.
“Fraternity or sorority house” includes a structure with shared facilities or separate
dwelling units under one roof.
(q) Freight terminal.
“Freight terminal” means an establishment for receiving, transferring, or distributing freight
for transport by rail, truck, or ship.
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(r) Front lot line.
See “Lot line: Front”.
(s) Funeral home.
(1) In general.
“Funeral home” means an establishment for preparing deceased individuals for burial or
cremation and for conducting rituals before burial or cremation.
(2) Inclusions.
“Funeral home” includes:
(i) chapels for viewing a deceased and for conducting rituals; and
(ii) a crematorium.
(t) Garage.
See “Parking garage (principal use)”.
“Parking garage (residential, detached)”.
(u) Gas station.
(1) In general.
“Gas station” means any premises or structure used for the retail sale of fuel, dispensed
from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles.
(2) Inclusions.
“Gas station” includes:
(i) the accessory sale of convenience items; and
(ii) an accessory freestanding self-service car wash.
(v) Gazebo.
“Gazebo” means a freestanding outdoor structure that is open-sided in design and not used for
habitation.
(w) General industrial.
See “Industrial: General”.
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(x) Golf course.
(1) In general.
“Golf course” means a tract of land that has holes for playing a game of golf.
(2) Inclusions.
“Golf course” includes the following as accessory uses:
(i) a clubhouse;
(ii) a driving range;
(iii) restrooms; and
(iv) shelters.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 17-015.)
§ 1-307. “Government facility” to “Industrial boat repair”.
(a) Government facility.
(1) In general.
“Government facility” means a structure or land that is operated by a government agency.
(2) Inclusions.
“Government facility” includes agency offices, storage yards, public works facilities,
and utility facilities.
(b) Greenhouse.
(1) In general.
“Greenhouse” means a structure that is:
(i) devoted to the protection or cultivation of flowers or other tender plants; and
(ii) constructed chiefly of glass, glass-like or translucent material, cloth, or lath.
(2) By any other name.
“Greenhouse” includes a “high tunnel”, “hoop-house”, “cold-frame”, or similar structure.
(c) Gross floor area.
See “Floor area: Gross”.
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(d) Gym.
See “Health and fitness center”.
(e) Ham radio equipment.
See “Amateur (ham) radio equipment”.
(f) Health-care clinic.
“Health-care clinic” means a facility for the examination and treatment of individuals on an
outpatient basis by 1 or more physicians, dentists, chiropractors, physical therapists, or other
licensed healthcare practitioners.
(g) Health and fitness center.
(1) In general.
“Health and fitness center” means a gym or other facility that:
(i) is designed for physical fitness or weight reduction; and
(ii) contains equipment, such as weight resistance machines, treadmills,
stationary bicycles, whirlpools, saunas, showers, and lockers, for that
purpose.
(2) Inclusions.
“Health and fitness center” includes the following accessory uses designed and intended
primarily for patrons of the facility:
(i) retail sales; and
(ii) a restaurant or refreshment stands.
(h) Heavy sales, rental, or service.
(1) In general.
“Heavy sales, rental, or service” means a sales, rental, or service establishment that maintains
a service or storage area that is outdoors or in a structure that is only partially enclosed.
(2) Inclusions.
“Heavy sales, rental, or service” includes:
(i) large-scale home improvement centers;
(ii) industrial supply stores;
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(iii) lumberyards;
(iv) heavy equipment parts, sales and rental; and
(v) playground equipment, sales and rental.
(i) Heliport.
(1) In general.
“Heliport” means a designated landing area for discharging or picking up passengers
or goods by helicopter or similar vertical-lift aircraft.
(2) Inclusions.
“Heliport” includes terminal facilities for passengers, goods, aircraft servicing, or storage.
(j) Helistop.
“Helistop” means an area of land, water, or structure that is used or intended to be used for
the landing and take-off of helicopters or similar vertical-lift aircraft, but without facilities for
servicing or basing these aircraft.
(k) Holiday sales lot.
See “Seasonal or holiday sales lot”.
(l) Home occupation.
“Home occupation” means an occupation that:
(1) is carried on in a dwelling unit by a resident of the dwelling unit; and
(2) is secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes.
(m) Homeless shelter.
(1) In general.
“Homeless shelter” means a facility that provides temporary housing to homeless or
transient individuals.
(2) Inclusions.
“Homeless shelter” includes accessory services such as counseling or vocational training.
(n) Horse stable.
“Horse stable” means any structure or land within the City at or from which horses are
boarded, bred, sold, or rented for riding, driving, or other purposes.
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(o) Hospital.
(1) In general.
“Hospital” means an institution that provides health services, primarily inpatient
medical or surgical care for the sick or injured.
(2) Inclusions.
“Hospital” includes related facilities integral to the hospital, such as laboratories,
outpatient centers, health-care clinics, helistops, training facilities, classrooms, staff
offices, on-site medical waste and storage facilities, and central service facilities.
(p) Hotel; Motel.
(1) “Guest unit” defined.
In this section, “guest unit” means any room or group of rooms that forms a single
habitable unit occupied or designed or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living
purposes.
(2) In general.
“Hotel” or “motel” means a building that:
(i) is not a dwelling;
(ii) contains 3 or more guest units occupied or designed or intended to be
occupied by guests who, even though they might share common areas
and facilities, do not form a single housekeeping unit and do not provide
compensation under a single lease for occupancy of the facility; and
(iii) offers lodging in these guest units to members of the general public.
(3) Exclusions.
“Hotel” or “motel” does not include a bed and breakfast or a rooming house.
(q) Housing Commissioner; Commissioner of Housing.
“Housing Commissioner” or “Commissioner of Housing” means the Commissioner of Housing
and Community Development or the Commissioner’s designee.
(r) Impervious surface.
(1) In general.
“Impervious surface” means any surface that does not allow stormwater to infiltrate into
the ground.
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(2) Inclusions.
“Impervious surface” includes rooftops, driveways, sidewalks, and pavement.
(3) Exclusions.
“Impervious surface” does not include ballasted railroad tracks.
(s) Incinerator.
(1) In general.
“Incinerator” means a combustion unit that uses controlled flame combustion for the
thermal destruction of solid waste, including municipal waste, industrial waste,
hazardous waste, special medical waste, or sewage sludge.
(2) Inclusions.
“Incinerator” includes any:
(1) infrared incinerator; or
(2) plasma arc incinerator.
(t) Indoor entertainment.
See “Entertainment: Indoor”.
(u) Indoor recreation.
See “Recreation: Indoor”.
(v) Industrial arts studio.
See “Arts studio: Industrial”.
(w) Industrial boat repair facility.
(1) In general.
“Industrial boat repair facility” means a facility with 5 or more slips (wet or dry) used
solely for the manufacture, assembly, or repair of commercial or recreational watercraft.
(2) Exclusions.
“Industrial boat repair facility” does not include docking, storage, or sales of recreational
watercraft.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 17-015; Ord. 18-171.)
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§ 1-308. “Industrial: General” to “Lot: Interior”.
(a) Industrial: General.
(1) In general.
“Industrial: General” means the processing, manufacturing, or compounding of materials,
products, or energy, having impacts on the environment or significant impacts on the use
and enjoyment of adjacent property in terms of noise, smoke, fumes, odors, glare, or health
and safety hazards.
(2) Inclusions.
“Industrial: General” includes:
(i) the storage of large volumes of toxic or highly flammable matter or
explosives; and
(ii) outdoor operations as part of the processing, manufacturing, or
compounding process.
(3) Exclusions.
“Industrial: General” does not include or authorize any use prohibited by § 1-218 {“Uses
prohibited citywide”} of this title.
(b) Industrial: Light.
(1) In general.
“Industrial: Light” means the processing, manufacturing, assembly, or compounding of
materials or products, where:
(i) all processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging of
products are contained entirely within a building;
(ii) noise, odor, smoke, heat, glare, and vibration resulting from the
manufacturing process are confined within the building or otherwise
minimized; and
(iii) only minimal truck traffic is required for daily operations.
(2) Inclusions.
“Industrial: Light” includes incidental storage, sales, and distribution of products
manufactured or stored on site.
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(3) Exclusions.
“Industrial: Light” does not include or authorize any use prohibited by § 1-218 {“Uses
prohibited citywide”} of this title.
(c) Industrial: Maritime-dependent.
(1) In general.
“Industrial: Maritime-dependent” means industrial uses with maritime-dependent facilities.
(2) Inclusions.
“Industrial: Maritime-dependent” includes:
(i) facilities associated with marine terminals for the storage or intermodal
transfer of goods transported in waterborne commerce;
(ii) manufacturing facilities relying on the bulk receipt or shipments of goods
by waterborne commerce;
(iii) wharves, piers, docks, and storage facilities for the commercial fishing
industry;
(iv) dry docks and other facilities related to the construction, servicing, storage,
maintenance, or repair of vessels and other marine structures;
(v) facilities for tow boats, barges, dredges, ferries, commuter boats, water buses,
water taxis, or other vessels engaged in waterborne commerce, port operations,
or marine construction; and
(vi) facilities that:
(A) are educational in nature, including visitors centers, museums, and
interpretive areas, indoor or outdoor; and
(B) are substantially related to an existing industrial maritime-dependent use,
whether on the same parcel or an adjacent parcel to that use.
(d) Interior lot.
See “Lot: Interior.”
(e) Interior-side lot line.
See “Lot line: Interior-side.”
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(f) Junk or scrap storage and yards.
(1) “Processed metal” defined.
(i) In general.
“Processed metal” means scrap metal that has been manually or physically altered
either to separate it into distinct materials to enhance economic value or to improve
the handling of materials.
(ii) Inclusions.
“Processed metal” includes:
(A) scrap metal that has been baled, shredded, sheared, chopped, crushed,
flattened, cut, melted, or separated; and
(B) fines, drosses, and related materials that have been agglomerated.
(2) “Junk or scrap storage and yards” defined.
“Junk or scrap storage and yards” means any premises used for any 1 or more of the
following:
(i) the commercial or industrial storage, temporary or otherwise, of unprocessed
metal, processed metal, wastepaper, rags, or other junk;
(ii) the purchase or sale, by weight across an on-site scale, of unprocessed metal,
processed metal, wastepaper, rags, or other junk; or
(iii) the sorting, baling, separating, shearing, shredding, or torch preparation of
metal or any other form of scrap-metal processing, including automobile
flattening and crushing.
(g) Kennel.
(1) In general.
“Kennel” means a business where 3 or more dogs or cats over 6 months old are boarded
or maintained by a person other than their owner.
(2) Exclusions.
“Kennel” does not include:
(i) the premises of a feral cat caregiver, as defined in City Health Code § 10-101
{“Animal Control...: Definitons”}, unless 3 or more dogs or non-feral cats over six
6 months old are boarded or maintained on the premises; or
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(ii) an animal clinic, unless it engages in the boarding of healthy animals not then
being treated or convalescing from treatment in the animal clinic.
(h) Landfill: Industrial.
(1) In general.
“Landfill: Industrial” means a facility for the disposal of inert, non-hazardous industrial
materials that are not biodegradable and are not economically and beneficially reusable
at the time of their disposal.
(2) Exclusions.
“Landfill: Industrial” does not include a facility for the disposal of:
(i) household, commercial, or municipal solid waste;
(ii) rubble; or
(iii) land-clearing debris.
(i) Landfill: Solid waste sanitary.
“ Landfill: Solid waste sanitary” means a facility for the disposal of primarily household,
commercial, and municipal solid waste.
(j) Light food processing.
See “Food processing: Light”.
(k) Light industrial.
See “Industrial: Light”.
(l) Live entertainment.
See “Entertainment: Live”.
(m) Lighting: Shielded.
“Lighting: Shielded” means a fixture that is shielded in a manner so that light rays emitted by
the fixture, either directly from the lamp or indirectly from the fixture or a reflector, are
projected below a horizontal plane running through the lowest point on the fixture where light
is emitted.
(n) Lighting: Unshielded.
“Lighting: Unshielded” means a fixture that allows light, either directly from the lamp or
indirectly from the fixture or a reflector, to be emitted above the horizontal plane running
through the lowest point on the fixture where light is emitted.
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(o) Live-work dwelling.
See “Dwelling: Live-Work”.
(p) Loading berth.
“Loading berth” means a space within a loading facility that:
(1) is exclusively for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while
loading or unloading goods or materials; and
(2) adjoins a street, alley, or other appropriate means of access.
(q) Lodge or social club.
(1) In general.
“Lodge or social club” means a lodge or social club that:
(i) has a limited membership, with members elected pursuant to its charter
or bylaws;
(ii) excludes the general public from its premises or place of meeting;
(iii) is organized with officers and directors elected pursuant to its charter
or bylaws; and
(iv) holds all property for the common benefit of its members.
(2) Inclusions.
“Lodge or social club” includes:
(i) a union hall; and
(ii) a non-residential post-baccalaureate fraternity and sorority center.
(3) Exclusions.
“Lodge or social club” does not include an establishment that permits non-members to pay a
temporary membership fee at the door in order to enter and use the premises.
(r) Lot.
“Lot” means a portion of land that:
(1) is a lot of record; or
(2) has been established as a lot by an approved subdivision plat.
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(s) Lot area.
“Lot area” means the area of a horizontal plane bounded by lot lines at grade.
(t) Lot: Corner.
“Lot: Corner” means a lot that is situated at the junction of and adjoins 2 or more intersecting
streets.
(u) Lot coverage.
“Lot coverage” means the portion of a lot that is occupied by buildings or other structures,
including accessory structures, expressed as a percentage of total lot area.
(v) Lot: Interior.
“Lot: Interior” means a lot that is neither a corner lot nor a through lot.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 17-015.)
§ 1-309. “Lot line” to “Motel”.
(a) Lot line; Property line.
“Lot line” or “property line” means the line bounding a lot.
(b) Lot line: Corner-side.
“Lot line: Corner-side” means the lot line that:
(1) is not a front lot line; and
(2) coincides with:
(i) the right-of-way line of an existing or dedicated public street; or
(ii) where no public street exists, the right-of-way line of a public
or private way.
(c) Lot line: Front.
“Lot line: Front” means the lot line that coincides with:
(1) the right-of-way line of an existing or dedicated public street from which the property
derives its address; or
(2) where no public street exists, the right-of-way line of a public or private way from
which the property derives its address.
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(d) Lot line: Interior-side.
“Lot line: Interior-side” means a lot line that does not adjoin a street and is not a rear lot line.
(e) Lot line: Rear.
“Lot line: Rear” means the lot line that is most distant from and opposite the front lot line.
(f) Lot line: Side.
(1) In general.
“Lot line: Side” means a lot line that is neither a front lot line nor a rear lot line.
(2) Inclusions.
“Lot line: Side” includes an interior-side lot line and a corner-side lot line.
(g) Lot: Through.
“Lot: Through” means a lot that extends between 2 streets (but not alleys) with vehicular access
on both streets.
(h) Lot width.
“Lot width” means the horizontal distance between side lot lines, as measured along the front lot
line.
(h-1) Lounge.
(1) In general.
“Lounge” means a business establishment that:
(i) is open to the general public;
(ii) is designed or operated primarily to accommodate social gatherings; and
(iii) does not serve or permit the on-site consumption of alcohol.
(2) Exclusions.
“Lounge” does not include any of the following uses:
(i) adult use;
(ii) banquet hall;
(iii) carry-out food shop;
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(iv) entertainment: indoor;
(v) entertainment: live;
(vi) lodge or social club; or
(vii) restaurant.
(i) Luminaire.
“Luminaire” means a complete lighting unit that extends from a support structure, parallel to
the ground, and consists of a light source and all necessary mechanical, electrical, and decorative
parts.
(j) Marina.
“Marina” means any facility designed to moor, berth, launch, or store 5 or more watercraft,
whether as a principal use or an accessory use.
(k) Marina: Accessory.
“Marina: Accessory” means a marina that is used exclusively for the benefit of the occupants of
properties within 300 feet of a marina entrance.
(l) Marina: Dry storage.
“Marina: Dry storage” means a marina that provides for the long-term dry storage of recreational
watercraft in racks or other storage systems.
(m) Marina: Recreational.
“Marina: Recreational” means a facility that provides for the lease or purchase of 5 or more inwater moorings, wet slips, or dry docking for recreational watercraft.
(n) Marina entrance.
“Marina entrance” means the point at which pedestrian access is provided from land to marina
docks.
(o) Marine terminal.
“Marine terminal” means that part of a port or harbor with facilities for docking, cargo-handling,
and storage.
(p) Maritime-dependent industrial.
See “Industrial: Maritime-dependent”.
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(q) Master Plan.
See “Comprehensive Master Plan”.
(r) Materials recovery facility.
(1) In general.
“Materials recovery facility” means, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection,
a facility that:
(i) collects, sorts, grades, or processes solid waste to remove recyclable
and reusable materials such as paper, cans, aluminum scrap, metal, glass,
and plastics; or
(ii) processes solid waste to alter its volume or its chemical or physical
characteristics to produce a marketable product.
(2) Exclusions.
“Materials recovery facility” does not include:
(i) any facility that is licensed by the State or City as a junk dealer, scrap-metal
processor, or scrap-metal dealer; or
(ii) any junk or scrap storage and yard.
(s) Medical clinic.
See “Health-care clinic”.
(t) {Reserved}
(u) Mini-warehouse.
(1) In general.
“Mini-warehouse” means a facility in which:
(i) renters store and control personal property in individual storage spaces;
and
(ii) no commercial transactions are conducted, other than the rental of storage
units.
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(2) Inclusions.
“Mini-warehouse” includes accessory outdoor storage and retail sales of packing, moving,
and storage supplies.
(v) Motel.
See “Hotel; motel”.
(Ord. 16-581; Ord. 17-015; Ord. 17-056; Ord. 18-216.)
§ 1-310. “Motor vehicle” to “Owner”.
(a) Motor vehicle.
“Motor vehicle” means:
(1) a motor vehicle, as defined in §11-135 {“Motor vehicle”} of the Maryland
Vehicle Law;
(2) a moped, as defined in §11-134.1 {“Moped”} of the Maryland Vehicle Law;
and
(3) a motor scooter, as defined in §11-134.5 {“Motor scooter”} of the Maryland
Vehicle Law.
(b) Motor vehicle dealership.
(1) In general.
“Motor vehicle dealership” means an establishment that sells or leases new or used motor
vehicles.
(2) Inclusions.
“Motor vehicle dealership” includes:
(i) the maintenance, either on-site or at a nearby location, of an inventory of
motor vehicles held for sale or lease; and
(ii) on-site facilities for the repair and service of vehicles sold or leased by the
dealership.
(c) Motor vehicle operations facility.
(1) In general.
“Motor vehicle operations facility” means a privately-owned facility for the dispatch,
storage, fueling, and maintenance of emergency medical care vehicles, public utility
vehicles, taxicabs, and other livery vehicles.
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(2) Exclusions.
“Motor vehicle operations facility” does not include a facility in which vehicles for fire,
police, or other municipal agencies are stored or maintained or from which these vehicles are
dispatched.
(d) Motor vehicle rental establishment.
(1) In general.
“Motor vehicle rental establishment” means an establishment that rents motor vehicles.
(2) Inclusions.
“Motor vehicle rental establishment” includes facilities for servicing rental vehicles.
(e) Motor vehicle service and repair: Major.
(1) In general.
“Motor vehicle service and repair: Major” means an establishment that is engaged in
major repairs to motor vehicles, such as:
(i) engine rebuilding;
(ii) major reconditioning of worn or damaged motor vehicles or trailers;
(iii) towing services;
(iv) collision services, including body, frame, or fender repair or straightening; or
(v) painting.
(2) Inclusions.
“Motor vehicle service and repair: Major” includes an accessory car wash.
(f) Motor vehicle service and repair: Minor.
(1) In general.
“Motor vehicle service and repair: Minor” means an establishment that is engaged in
minor repairs to motor vehicles, such as:
(i) repair or replacement of cooling, electrical, fuel, and exhaust systems;
(ii) brake adjustments, relining, and repairs;
(iii) wheel alignment, balancing, and servicing;
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