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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-25 Monument Street.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-25" heading="Monument Street.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="District established.">The area located within the boundaries set forth in this section is hereby declared to be a Retail Business District and may be referred to as “Monument Street Business District”:
Beginning for the same at the point formed by the intersecting center lines of E. Monument Street and N. Milton Avenue; thence running Northerly along said center line 105 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to intersect the extended center line of the first 10 foot alley; thence running Westerly along said center line 321 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; crossing N. Port Street to the center line of N. Montford Avenue; thence running Southerly along said center line 5 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to intersect the center line of the 10 foot alley 65 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; north of E. Monument Street and east of N. Bradford Street; thence running Westerly along said center line 156 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; intersecting the center line of N. Bradford Street; thence running Northerly along said center line 25 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; intersecting the center line of the 10 foot alley 90 feet north of E. Monument Street and west of N. Bradford Street; thence running Westerly along said center line 76 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; intersecting the center line of the 10 foot alley parallel to and approximately 75 feet east of N. Patterson Park Avenue; thence running Southerly along said center line 79 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to a point 75 feet Easterly from N. Patterson Park Avenue also known as the lot line between Lots 48 and 49, Ward 7, Section 2, block 1623; thence running Westerly along said lot line 110 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; intersecting the center line of N. Patterson Park Avenue; thence running Northerly, along said center line 90 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; intersecting the center line of the 10 foot alley 100 feet north of E. Monument Street and east from N. Madeira Street; thence running Easterly 146 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line intersecting the center line of N. Madeira Street; thence running Southerly along said center line 20 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; intersecting the center line of the 10 foot alley 80 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; north of E. Monument Street and east of N. Collington Avenue; thence running Westerly along said center line of N. Collington Avenue; thence running Northerly 10 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; intersecting the extended center line of the 9 foot alley 90 feet north of E. Monument Street; thence running Westerly 298 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; crossing N. Duncan Street intersecting the center line of N. Chester Street; thence running Northerly along said center line 265 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; intersecting the center line of E. Madison Street; thence running Westerly along said center line 480 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; intersecting the center line of N. Washington Street; thence running Southerly 515 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line intersecting the extended center line of the 10 foot alley 85 feet south of E. Monument Street and west from N. Castle Street; thence running Easterly 200 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line intersecting the center line of N. Castle Street; thence running Southerly 40 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line intersecting the extended center line of the 10 foot alley 127 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; south of E. Monument Street and east of N. Castle Street; thence running Easterly 112 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line intersecting the center line of the 10 foot alley 85 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; south of E. Monument Street; thence running Northerly 43 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line intersecting the center line of the 5 foot alley 85 feet south of E. Monument Street; thence running Easterly 92 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line intersecting the center line of N. Chester Street; thence running Southerly 280 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line intersecting the center line of McElderry Street; thence running northerly 300 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line intersecting the extended center line of the 10 foot alley 72 feet south of E. Monument Street; thence running Easterly 175 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; along said center line to the center line of N. Collington Street; thence running Northerly 45 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to a point 27 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; south of East Monument Street, being also the lot line between Lots 16/17 and 18, Ward 7, Section 14, block 1638; thence running Easterly 77 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to the center line of the adjoining 3 feet 8 inch alley; thence running Southerly approximately 24 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt;; thence running 25 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; Southeasterly to a point that intersects the center line of the adjoining 15 foot &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; alley 62 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; south of E. Monument Street; thence running south 65 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to the center line of the adjoining 10 foot alley; thence running 85 feet Easterly &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to the center line of N. Madeira Street; thence running Northerly 45 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to the center line of the 10 foot alley 74 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; south from E. Monument Street; thence running Easterly 83 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to the center line of the adjoining 10 foot alley; thence running Southerly 59 feet to the center line of the 3 foot to 6 foot adjoining alley; thence running Easterly 135 feet&lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt;to the center line of N. Patterson Park Avenue; thence running northerly 64 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to the center line of the 10 foot alley 75 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; south of E. Monument Street; thence running 347 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; crossing N. Bradford Street and Dimling Court to the center line of the adjoining 4 foot alley; thence running Southerly 35 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to the center line of the adjoining 6 foot alley; thence running Easterly 53 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to the center line of N. Montford Avenue; thence running Northerly 49 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; crossing N. Port Street to the center line of the adjoining 4 foot 4 inch alley; thence running Easterly 120 feet &lt;u&gt;+&lt;/u&gt; to the center line of N. Milton Avenue; thence running Northerly to the point of beginning.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Calculation of fee.">
      <para num="(1)">The fee for the Monument Street Business District license shall be based upon the total number of square feet of 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;-floor space, up to a maximum of 6,666 square feet, of a 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.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Parking lots and warehouses are exempt from the payment of any fee.  However, storage space incidental to a business establishment’s primary business is not exempt hereunder for the purposes of calculation and payment of this license fee.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Monument Street 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.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Voting.">
      <para num="(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 Monument Street Merchants’ 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.</para>
      <para num="(2)">All other voting shall be by 1 vote per licensed business establishment.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 15, §121(e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 85-548</annotation>
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