584 ' LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 217

or not it has been developed, redeveloped, altered or im-
proved and irrespective of the manner or means in or by
which it may have been acquired, to the United States of
America or the State of Maryland, or any department or
agency thereof, or to any private, public or quasi public
corporation, partnership, association, person or other
legal entity, for development or redevelopment, including
but not limited to, the comprehensive renovation or re-
habilitation thereof; any lease or rental agreement entered
into based upon, or pursuant to, the power and authority con-
tained in this Paragraph (14A) or entered into in connec-
tion with any of the purposes or objects contemplated by
said paragraph is hereby declared to be exclusively for
business or commercial purposes, and any lessee or tenant
who is a party to any such lease or rental agreement, or
any successor in interest or title, shall not have any right
to redeem the rent, fee or charge reserved or to be paid by
any such lessee or tenant, or any successor in interest or
title, under the terms of any such lease or rental agree-
ment, except to the extent and in the manner set forth in
any such particular lease or rental agreement, if any such
right is specifically and definitely granted therein;

(d) To preserve for the United States of America, the
State of Maryland or the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, or any departments or agencies thereof, any of said
land or property, or any rights or interests therein, for
public use, irrespective of the manner or means in or by
which it may have been acquired;

(e) To petition for, and accept from, the United States
of America, or the State of Maryland, or any department
or agency thereof, or any other source, any loan, grant or
aid of any character and, upon the sole approval of the
Board of Estimates, make and execute any contract or
other legal instrument with any of said parties, in connec-
tion with any and all of the purposes and objects contem-
plated by the provisions of this Paragraph (14A);

(f) To require the insertion of appropriate provisions
in any legal instrument pertaining to the sale, lease, con-
veyance, transfer or other disposition of any of said land
or property to any legal entity for any of the purposes and
objects contemplated by this Paragraph (14A), providing
that such legal entity shall begin its operations within a
predetermined reasonable period of time; that the stand-
ards of population density, property maintenance, type of
land use and other standards established for the particular
parcel of land or property involved shall be maintained,
and that all covenants and restrictions contained in any