CHAP Commission Hearing, October 13, 2026
Approves Reconsideration: garage entrance on facade at 517 South Durham Street, 8-1
What happened
Baltimore's Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP) approved, over a staff recommendation of disapproval, a reconsideration request to build a garage entrance on the reconstructed facade of 517 South Durham Street in the Fells Point Historic District, on a…
- Jurisdiction
- Baltimore, MD
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- October 13, 2026
- Decisions
- 4 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 8-1
Free sample: decision 1 of 4
Consent: three-story rear addition at 2051 Druid Park Drive
Consent agenda approval of a three-story rear addition at 2051 Druid Park Drive in the Woodberry Historic District. The applicant is NW2 Engineers and the staff reviewer is Anthony Stewart. Passed by voice vote with no opposition.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
Baltimore's Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP) approved, over a staff recommendation of disapproval, a reconsideration request to build a garage entrance on the reconstructed facade of 517 South Durham Street in the Fells Point Historic District, on a…
Key Decisions (4)
Consent: three-story rear addition at 2051 Druid Park Drive
Concept approval: five row houses at 20 West Cross Street
Concept approval: rehab and additions at 1009 South Charles Street
Reconsideration: garage entrance on facade at 517 South Durham Street
Development Activity (4)
Five row houses at 20 West Cross Street
Residential
1009 South Charles Street rehab and additions
Mixed-Use
517 South Durham Street garage and residence
Residential
Three-story rear addition at 2051 Druid Park Drive
Residential
Market Signals (3)
Housing Demand
The Sharp-Leadenhall community favors for-sale row houses over luxury apartments,…
Sentiment
CHAP showed willingness to override staff on alley-street garage conversions…
Housing Demand
Speakers described small Fells Point alley houses as hard to…
Who Spoke (20)
On the record: the chair, 4 commissioners, 3 staff members, an attorney, the applicant's representative, and a member of the public.
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