Plain Text Law

Subtitle 32 – Street Plan for 1888 Annexation

Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-1 (2026)

§ 32-1 1898 Plan.Copy Citation

(a)Plan approved.
The plan or scheme of streets, avenues, lanes, etc., in the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which plan or scheme has just been completed by the Topographical Survey of the City of Baltimore, is hereby adopted.
(b)Map.
The Topographical Survey is hereby directed to proceed with the preparation of a map (based on said plan or scheme) of said proposed streets, lanes, avenues, alleys, etc., showing the length and width of blocks, as well as the widths of all streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, etc., as well as a general system of grades.
(c)Effect of plan and map.
In adopting such plan and map, it is expressly understood that the Mayor and City Council in no way assumes any ownership over or recognizes as public any street, avenue, alley, lane, etc., in said territory, except such streets as have been made public by due course of law.
History: Ord. 1898-129
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-2 (2026)

§ 32-2 1907 change in Harford Road section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory included between the Baltimore and Harford Turnpike Road, Erdman Avenue, the Belair Road, the eastern City limits, and the Herring Run, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above mentioned portion of the aforesaid plan the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance as a part thereof, and from and after July 5, 1907, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above mentioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 07-010
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-3 (2026)

§ 32-3 1908 change in Clifton Avenue section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory included between Clifton Avenue, North Avenue, Twelfth Street, and Fifteenth Street, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above mentioned portion of the aforesaid plan the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance as a part thereof, and from and after April 14, 1908, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 08-094
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-4 (2026)

§ 32-4 1908 change in 32nd Street section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite> for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory bounded on the north by Thirty-Second Street and Lake Montebello property, on the east and south by the Harford Turnpike Road, and on the south and west by the Alameda, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above mentioned portion of the aforesaid plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance; the said amendment shall have the validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above mentioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 08-116
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-5 (2026)

§ 32-5 1908 change in North Avenue section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory bounded on the north by Clifton Avenue, on the east by Warwick Avenue, on the south by North Avenue, and on the west by Dukeland Street, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above mentioned portion of the aforesaid general plan of streets, the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance, as a part thereof; and from and after November 16, 1908, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above mentioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 08-216
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-6 (2026)

§ 32-6 1909 change in 39th Street section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to Thirty-Ninth Street between the west side of Charles Street and the east side of Melrose Avenue, formerly called Ash Avenue, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above mentioned portion of the aforesaid general plan of streets, the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance as a part thereof; and from and after March 10, 1909, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above mentioned general plan of streets, at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 09-268
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-7 (2026)

§ 32-7 1909 change in Greenmount Avenue section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory bounded on the east by Greenmount Avenue (formerly York Road), on the south by Thirty-Fifth Street, on the west by Charles Street, and on the north by the Northern City Boundary is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above mentioned portion of the aforesaid general plan of streets, the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance, as a part thereof; and from and after March 10, 1909, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above mentioned general plan of streets, at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 09-269
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-8 (2026)

§ 32-8 1909 change in Reisterstown Road section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory bounded by the western boundary of Baltimore City, the northern boundary of Baltimore City, the Reisterstown Turnpike Road, and Liberty Heights Avenue, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above-mentioned portion of the aforesaid general plan of streets, the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance as a part thereof; and from and after July 10, 1909, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above-mentioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 09-356
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-9 (2026)

§ 32-9 1910 change in eastern boundary section.Copy Citation

(a)In general.
With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to the location and width of Harford Road, from North Avenue to the eastern boundary of Baltimore City, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above-mentioned portion of the aforesaid general plan of streets, the location and width of Harford Road indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance as a part thereof, and from and after April 25,1910, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the abovementioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
(b)Reservation for United Railways.
(1)
Provided, however, that the United Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore shall be allowed to maintain any structures or buildings it may now own or lease upon the bed of the Harford Road as intended to be opened and widened as indicated on the plat, which is made part of this ordinance, between the north side of the lane leading to Holy Cross Cemetery and a point 223 feet, more or less, northwardly therefrom, and also the conduits in the bed of said Harford Road, between the north side of North Avenue and said point 223 feet, more or less, northwardly from the aforesaid lane ... until such time as said structures, buildings or conduits, or any of them, shall be voluntarily razed, torn down, destroyed or removed by the owner or owners thereof, after which time, however, any new building or buildings on said property shall conform to the building line as shown on said plat.
(2)
The privilege hereby reserved to the United Railways and Electric Company not to continue, however, as to the frame car house of said company within the limits abovementioned longer than 1 year after said Harford Road shall have been graded, curbed, and macadamized, after which time the part of said building last mentioned which encroaches upon the said limits shall be removed promptly upon notice from the Mayor of Baltimore City.
(c)Property constituting highway.
Whenever the property embraced within the lines of said Harford Road, as indicated on the plat attached to this ordinance, shall have been acquired by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the purpose of opening and widening said road, then all property owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore within said lines, shall thereafter be taken to constitute said highway.
History: Ord. 10-480
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-10 (2026)

§ 32-10 1910 change in Gwynn’s Falls Park section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory bounded by Clifton Avenue, Gwynn’s Falls Park, and the eastern and western outlines of the property known as Fairmont, shown on the plat which is attached to this ordinance as a part thereof, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above-mentioned portion of the aforesaid general plan of streets, the plan indicated on the aforesaid plat, and from and after May 2, 1910, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above-mentioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 10-490
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-11 (2026)

§ 32-11 1910 change in 37th Street section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, and subsequently amended, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to Thirty-Seventh Street, between the east side of Charles Street and the northwest side of St. Paul Street, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above-mentioned portion of the aforesaid general plan of streets the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance as a part thereof; and from and after June 3, 1910, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the abovementioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 10-523
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-12 (2026)

§ 32-12 1913 change in 25th Street section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory bounded on the northeast by Twenty-Fifth Street, on the southeast by Harford Road and Aisquith Street, on the southwest by Curtain Avenue and on the northwest by Taylor Street, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above-mentioned portion of the aforesaid plan the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance; the said amendment shall have the validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above-mentioned general plan of streets, at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 13-363
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-13 (2026)

§ 32-13 1915 change in Patterson Avenue section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory bounded by Patterson Avenue, Poplar Grove (formerly Seventh) Street, Riggs Avenue, and Rosedale (formerly Ninth) Street, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above-mentioned portion of the aforesaid general plan of streets, the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance as a part thereof, and from after March 5, 1915, the said amendment shall have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the above mentioned general plan of streets, at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 15-582
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-14 (2026)

§ 32-14 1915 change in Montpelier Street section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, which relates to that section of the aforesaid territory bounded on the northeast by Montpelier Street, on the southwest by Twenty-Fifth Street, on the northwest by Montebello Avenue, and on the southeast by Harford Road, is hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above-mentioned portion of the aforesaid plan the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance; the said amendment shall have the validity and effect as though it had been a part of the abovementioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 15-614
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-15 (2026)

§ 32-15 1916 change in Belmont Avenue section.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, that part of the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, and subsequently amended by Ordinance 13-363, which relate to Belmont Avenue between the northwest side of Harford Road and the southeast side of Taylor Street, are hereby altered and amended by substituting for the above mentioned parts of the aforesaid plan the plan indicated on the plat which is attached to this ordinance; the said amendment shall have the validity and effect as if it had been a part of the above mentioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned.
History: Ord. 16-141
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-16 (2026)

§ 32-16 1920 addition of Charlotte Avenue.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, is hereby altered and amended so as to show <em>{on?}</em> the aforesaid plan a street known as Charlotte Avenue. The said amendment to have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the afore-mentioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned, the said street being located and described as follows:
Beginning for the same on the southwest side of Park Heights Avenue, as now laid out seventy-four feet wide, at the distance of three hundred and fifty-one and thirty-two one-hundreds (351.32) feet southeasterly from the southeast side of Gordon Lane, the co-ordinates of said point of beginning, based upon the system used by the City of Baltimore Topographical Survey Commission, being west thirteen thousand five hundred and ninety-five and fifty-four one-hundredths (13595.54) feet and north thirteen thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight and nine one-hundredths (13958.09) feet and running thence, binding on the southwest side of Park Heights Avenue, south, twenty-nine degrees, forty-two minutes and forty-five seconds east, forty and one one-hundredth (40.01) feet to a point eighty feet northwesterly from the southernmost boundary line of the property belonging to Stephen P. Harwood; thence parallel with said southernmost boundary line, south, fifty-eight degrees, forty-seven minutes and thirty seconds west, four hundred and one and one one-hundredth (401.01) feet to the northeast side of the Reisterstown Road, as now laid out eighty feet wide; thence binding on the northeast side of the Reisterstown Road, north thirty-one degrees, one minute and forty seconds west, forty feet; thence parallel with the second line in this description mentioned, north fifty-eight degrees, forty-seven minutes and thirty seconds east, four hundred and two and fifteen one-hundredths (402.15) feet to the place of beginning.
History: Ord. 20-361
Balt., Md., Code art. 26, § 32-17 (2026)

§ 32-17 1920 deletion of part of East Wabash Avenue.Copy Citation

With the approval of the Topographical Survey Commission, the general plan of streets, adopted by <cite data-path="|26|§32-1">§ 32-1 of this article</cite>, for the territory annexed to the City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, as said plan has been amended from time to time, is hereby altered and amended so as to eliminate from the aforesaid plan a portion of the street known as East Wabash Avenue, said portion of said street lying between Grantly Avenue and Umatilla Avenue, the said amendment to have the same validity and effect as though it had been a part of the aforementioned general plan of streets at the time of its adoption by the sections hereinbefore mentioned, the said portion of said street being located and described as follows:
Beginning for the same at a point formed by the intersection of the northeast side of East Wabash Avenue and the southeast side of Grantly Avenue, the co-ordinates of said point of beginning based upon the system used by the City of Baltimore Topographical Survey Commission, being West 15327.111 feet and North 14096.472 feet, and running thence binding on the northeast side of said East Wabash Avenue South 65 degrees forty minutes East 419.42 feet to the southwest side of Umatilla Avenue, thence binding on the southwest side of said Umatilla Avenue South twenty-six degrees twenty-seven minutes and thirty-three seconds East one hundred and six feet, more or less, to the southeast side of said East Wabash Avenue, thence binding on the southeast side of said East Wabash Avenue North sixty-five degrees, forty minutes west five hundred and forty-eight feet, more or less, to the southeast side of said Grantly Avenue, thence northeasterly binding on the southeast side of said Grantly Avenue eighty feet, more or less to the place of beginning.
The courses of the above description are all referred to the true meridian of the City of Baltimore Topographical Survey Commission.
History: Ord. 20-481