Article XI-B

ARTICLE XI-B ¹⁸¹

CITY OF BALTIMORE—LAND DEVELOPMENT
AND REDEVELOPMENT.

SECTION I.¹⁸² The General Assembly of Maryland,
by public local law, may authorize and empower the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore:

(a) To acquire, within the boundary lines of
Baltimore City, land and property of every kind, and
any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege
therein, by purchase, lease, gift, condemnation or any
other legal means, for development or redevelopment,
including, but not limited to, the comprehensive renova-
tion or rehabilitation thereof; and

(b) To sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dis-
pose of any of said land or property, regardless of
whether or not it has been developed, redeveloped, al-
tered or improved and irrespective of the manner or
means in or by which it may have been acquired, to any
private, public or quasi public corporation, partnership,
association, person or other legal entity.

No land or property taken by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore for any of the aforementioned pur-
poses or in connection with the exercise of any of the
powers which may be granted to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore pursuant to this Article by exer-
cising the power of eminent domain, shall be taken
without just compensation, as agreed upon between the
parties, or awarded by a jury, being first paid or ten-
dered to the party entitled to such compensation.

All land or property needed, or taken by the exercise
of the power of eminent domain, by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore for any of the aforemen-
tioned purposes or in connection with the exercise of
any of the powers which may be granted to the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore pursuant to this Article
is hereby declared to be needed or taken for a public
use.

SEC. 2.¹⁸³ The General Assembly of Maryland may
grant to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore any
and all additional power and authority necessary or
proper to carry into full force and effect any and all of
the specific powers which the General Assembly is au-
thorized to grant to the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore pursuant to this Article and to fully accom-
plish any and all of the purposes and objects contem-
plated by the provisions of this Article, provided such
additional power or authority is not inconsistent with
the terms and provisions of this Article or with any
other provision or provisions of the Constitution of
Maryland. The General Assembly may place such other
and further restrictions or limitations on the exercise of

i" Added by Chapter 649, Acts of 1943, ratified Nov. 7, 1944.
l»² Amended by Chapter 659, Acts of 1945, ratified Nov. 5,
1946; Chapter 162, Acts of 1947, ratified Nov. 2, 1948.
"l Amended by Chapter 162, Acts of 1947, ratified Nov. 2,
1948.

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any of the powers which it may grant to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore under the provisions of this
Article as it may deem proper and expedient.

SEC. 3.¹⁸⁴ Vacant.
ARTICLE XI-C¹⁸⁵

OFF-STREET PARKING.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Maryland,
by public local law, may authorize the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore:

(a) Within the City of Baltimore to acquire land and
property of every kind, and any right, interest, fran-
chise, easement or privilege therein, by purchase, lease,
gift, condemnation or any other legal means, for stor-
ing, parking and servicing self-propelled vehicles, pro-
vided, that no petroleum products shall be sold or of-
fered for sale at any entrance to or exit from, any land
so acquired or at any entrance to, or exit from, any
structure erected thereon, when any entrance to, or exit
from, any such land or structure faces on a street or
highway which is more than 25 feet wide from curb to
curb; and

(b) To sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dis-
pose of any of said land or property, regardless of
whether or not it has been developed, redeveloped, al-
tered, or improved and irrespective of the manner or
means in or by which it may have been acquired, to any
private, public or quasi public corporation, partnership,
association, person or other legal entity.

No land or property taken by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore for any of the aforementioned pur-
poses or in connection with the exercise of any of the
powers which may be granted to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore pursuant to this Article by exer-
cising the power of eminent domain, shall be taken
without just compensation, as agreed upon between the
parties, or awarded by a jury, being first paid or ten-
dered to the party entitled to such compensation.

All land or property needed, or taken by the exercise
of the power of eminent domain, by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore for any of the aforemen-
tioned purposes or in connection with the exercise of
any of the powers which may be granted to the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore pursuant to this Article
is hereby declared to be needed or taken for a public
use.

SEC. 2. The General Assembly of Maryland may
grant to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore any
and all additional power and authority necessary or
proper to carry into full force and effect any and all of

'" Repealed by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified Nov. 7,
1978.
i" Added by Chapter 505, Acts of 1947, ratified Nov. 2, 1948.