City of Baltimore
Baltimore City Code

§ 11-28. Federal Hill Market Place.

(a) District established.

The area located within the boundaries set forth in this subsection is hereby declared to be a Retail Business District and may be referred to as "Federal Hill Market Place Business District":

Beginning for the same at the point formed by the intersecting center lines of S. Light Street and E. Montgomery Street; thence running Easterly 92 feet + along the center line of E. Montgomery Street; thence running Southerly 92 feet +; thence running Easterly 15 feet +; thence running Southerly 22 feet +; thence running Easterly 47 feet +; thence running Southerly 80 feet + to the center line of E. Churchill Street; thence running Westerly 58 feet + to the center line of the 3 foot alley as extended; thence running Southerly 46 feet +; thence running Easterly 1 foot 6 inches +; thence running Southerly 15 feet +; thence running Easterly 33 feet +; thence running Southerly 30 feet +; thence running Westerly 33 feet +; thence running Southerly 102 feet + to the center line of Warren Avenue; thence running Westerly 50 feet +; thence running Southerly 124 feet + to the center line of E. Wheeling Street; thence running Easterly 54 feet +; thence running Southerly 32 feet +; thence running Easterly 2 feet + to the center line of the 4 foot alley; thence running Southerly 70 feet + to the center line of E. Hamburg Street; thence running Easterly 10 feet + to the center line of Vanhorns Court as extended; thence running Southerly 260 feet +; thence running Easterly 54 feet +; thence running Southerly 31 feet +; thence running Westerly 40 feet +; thence running Southerly 15 feet +; thence running Westerly 124 feet + to the center line of S. Light Street; thence running Southerly 120 feet + to the center line of E. Cross Street; thence running Easterly 314 feet +; thence running Southerly 77 feet +; thence running Westerly 43 feet +; thence running Southerly 29 feet +; thence running Westerly 29 feet +; thence running Southerly 30 feet +; thence running Easterly 47 feet +; thence running Southerly 96 feet + to the center line of Weber Street; thence running Westerly 176 feet +; thence running Southerly 53 feet +; thence running Westerly 30 feet +; thence running Southerly 102 feet + to the center line of E. West Street; thence running Easterly 152 feet + to the center line of Wall Street; thence running Southerly 480 feet + to the center line of E. Ostend Street; thence running Westerly 958 feet + or to a point 230 feet + Easterly from the center line of S. Hanover Street; thence running Northerly 104 feet +; thence running Westerly 63 feet + to the center line of Goodman Alley; thence running Northerly 125 feet + to the center line of Ropewalk Lane; thence running Easterly 50 feet + to the center line of Goodman Alley; thence running Northerly 130 feet + to the center line of W. West Street; thence running Easterly 15 feet +; thence running Northerly 73 feet +; thence running Easterly 4 feet +; thence running Northerly 19 feet +; thence running Westerly 100 feet + to the center line of Olive Street; thence running Northerly 124 feet +; thence running Easterly 23 feet + to the center line of Olive Street; thence running Northerly 577 feet+to the center line of Hamburg Street; thence running Westerly 40 feet +; thence running Northerly 86 feet +; thence running Easterly 5 feet + to the center line of Olive Street; thence running Northerly 160 feet + to the center line of W. Wheeling Street; thence running Easterly 103 feet +; thence running Northerly 160 feet + to the center line of W. Henrietta Street; thence running Westerly 17 feet +; thence running Northerly 94 feet +; thence running Westerly 65 feet +; thence running Northerly 70 feet + to the center line of W. Churchill Street; thence running Westerly 40 feet +; thence running Northerly 48 feet +; thence running Westerly 112 feet + to intersect the centerline of S. Hanover Street; thence running Northerly 125 feet + to intersect the centerline of W. Montgomery Street; thence running Easterly 335 feet + to intersect the centerline of S. Charles Street; thence running Southerly 168 feet + to intersect the centerline of E. Churchill Street; thence running Easterly 395 feet +; thence running Northerly 165 feet + to intersect the centerline of E. Montgomery Street; thence running Easterly to the point of beginning.

(b) Calculation of fee.

(1) The fee for the Federal Hill Market Place Business District license shall be based upon the total number of square feet of 1st -floor space for each business establishment occupied for retail, service, rental, or professional services rendered by that establishment, whether the premises are owned, leased, or otherwise held by such business establishment.

(2) Parking lots and warehouses are exempt from payment of any fee. However, storage space incidental to a business establishment's primary business is not exempt hereunder for purposes of calculation and payment of this license fee.

(3) The Federal Hill Market Place Business District fee shall be calculated by multiplying the number of square feet of licensable space, as specified above, for each business establishment, by a rate of $0.15 per square foot, with a maximum fee of $450, except the Cross Street Market shall be billed as the Cross Street Market Association with a flat fee of $2,625.

(c) Voting.

(1) Voting on the annual budget shall be by a majority vote of the licensees, voting in person or by proxy, at a meeting called by the Federal Hill Market Place Business Association for that purpose. Each licensee shall have 1 vote per square foot of licensable space, and no vote shall carry except by a majority of votes cast.

(2) All other voting shall be by 1 per licensed business establishment.