§ 8A-4. Scope; General standards.

(a) Scope of subtitle.

This subtitle governs the procedures for gating, greening, and leasing alleys under the authority of City Charter Article II, § 35(e) and (f).

(b) Standards for authorizing gating and greening.

The Director of Transportation may authorize the gating and, if applicable, the greening of an alley if, on petition, public notice, and hearing as provided in this subtitle, the Director determines that:

(1) the alley is no longer needed for through pedestrian or vehicular traffic;

(2) the gating and, if applicable, the greening will promote the public health, safety, or welfare; and

(3) the majority of the structures abutting the alley:

(i) are residential; or

(ii) contain, above a non-residential ground floor, 1 or more upper stories that, as allowed by the applicable Use Table of the Baltimore City Zoning Code, are being used or are designed and intended to be used as residential dwellings.