Baltimore Zoning Decisions: March 2026

In March 2026, Baltimore held 1 public meeting covering zoning matters. 4 zoning decisions had a recorded outcome this month: 4 approved (100% approval rate). Activity was down 17% compared to February (133 activity items across 3 meetings).

Zoning Decisions This Month

Conditional Use and Parking Variance at 600 W North Ave.

Approved.

Approved conditional use for retail goods establishment with alcoholic beverage sales (wine shop within grocery store) and variance for 65 off-street parking spaces (81% above code maximum of approximately 36 spaces) for Streets Market grocery store development by MCB Real Estate. The 17,000 SF retail development includes grocery store and multi-tenant retail building.

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Residential Conversion at 1610 E Chase St.

Approved.

Approved conditional use for conversion of single-family dwelling to two dwelling units in R8 zoning district for KKU Estate Investors LLC. Staff recommended striking the lot area variance as unnecessary following Ordinance 2563 which reduced lot area requirements from 750 to 500 SF per dwelling unit.

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Street Closing at Remington Ave.

Approved.

Approved closing of 14-foot portion of Remington Ave. bounded by West 27th Street, Remington Ave., West 28th Street, and Cresma Ave. for 211 West 28th Street mixed-use development (approximately 60 units with ground floor commercial). This extends previous closures of 12-foot and 13.5-foot portions by additional 6 inches at DOT request.

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Minor Subdivision at 4404 Edmondson Ave.

Approved.

Approved minor subdivision on consent agenda.

See the vote tally and conditions for this decision →

Zoning Changes

• C2 → C2 with conditional use, Not specified acres at 600 W North Ave. (MCB Real Estate / 211 West 28th Street LLC)
• R8 → R8 with conditional use for two dwelling units, 1,088 SF lot acres at 1610 E Chase St. (KKU Estate Investors LLC)

Top Keywords This Month

• variance: 29 instances
• zoning: 15 instances
• commercial: 13 instances
• conditional use: 9 instances
• residential: 5 instances

What to Watch

• Variance is new this month with 29 mentions, not present in February.
• Conditional use came up 50% more often than February.

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