§ 3-2. Notice of proposed ordinance.
(a) Notice by publication.
(1) Before any ordinance is introduced in the City Council under City Charter Article II, § (34) {"Streets, Bridges and Highways"} relating to the laying out, opening, extending, widening, straightening, or closing up, in whole or in part, of any street, square, lane, or alley within Baltimore City, notice shall be given by advertisement published twice a week for 2 consecutive weeks, in 2 of the daily newspapers in the City, that application shall be made for the passage of the ordinance.
(2) The notice:
(i) shall set forth clearly in the case of laying out, opening, or extending any street, square, lane, or alley, the length or width of the street, square, lane, or alley, or part thereof to be laid out, opened, or extended;
(ii) in the case of widening or straightening, shall set forth clearly both the present and the intended width and also the length of any street, square, lane, or alley or part thereof intended to be widened or straightened; and
(iii) in case of closing, shall set forth clearly the length and width of the street, square, lane, or alley, or any part thereof, intended to be closed.
(b) Notice by map.
(1) Notice shall also be given by filing with the Department of Transportation, on or before the 1st day of the publication, a map on the scale of not less than 50 feet to the inch, prepared by some competent surveyor, whose name shall be signed to the map, which:
(i) in case of laying out, opening, extending, widening, or straightening, shall show:
(A) the course and the lines of the projected improvement; and also
(B) the lots and the buildings that will be taken or destroyed, in whole or in part; and which
(ii) in the case of closing, shall show:
(A) the street, square, lane, or alley, or part thereof, intended to be closed; and also
(B) the abutting lots and improvements thereon.
(2) The Director of Transportation shall:
(i) endorse on the map his or her name, with the date of its being filed; and
(ii) keep the map where the public may have access to it.
(3) Whenever the map may be needed for the purpose of being shown at any meeting of the City Council, or of any committee thereof, he may, on the written order or request of the President of the City Council, or of the chairman of such committee, and, on obtaining his receipt therefor, allow the map to be taken from his office for that purpose, to be returned on the following day.
(c) Amendments.
At any time before the final passage of the ordinance, the map and the ordinance may be amended if the amendment does not substantially depart from the published notice, so as to substantially affect parties who would not be warned by the notice.