# § 14-328 Neighborhood commercial establishments.

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

## § 14-328 Neighborhood commercial establishments.

Balt., Md., Code art. 32, § 14-328 (2026)

(a) Because neighborhood commercial establishment uses apply only to certain already-existing buildings, those uses are not subject to the minimum lot area required for non-residential uses in Residential or Office-Residential Zoning Districts.

(b) A neighborhood commercial establishment may contain any one or more of the following non-residential uses in any part or all of the building:

  (1) Art galleries – no live entertainment or dancing.

  (2) Arts studios.

  (3) Day care centers: adult or child.

  (4) Offices.

  (5) Personal services establishments.

  (6) Restaurants – no live entertainment or dancing.

  (7) Retail goods establishments – no alcoholic beverage sales.

(c) The development and the proposed use must be pedestrian-oriented and not oriented to the automobile.

(d) The principal entrance must be a direct entry from the primary adjoining street.

(e)

(f) Drive-through facilities are prohibited.

(g)

  (1) All business, servicing, processing, display, and storage uses must be located within the building, unless the Zoning Board expressly authorizes, as a conditional use, one or more of these uses to be located, in part or in whole, outside the building.

  (2) The Zoning Board may authorize, as a conditional use, the expansion of a neighborhood commercial establishment into a newly constructed addition to the principal building, on the same original property.

(h) Signs must comply with Title 17 {“Signs”} of this Code.

(i) The sale of a tobacco product, as defined by State Health-General Article, § 13-1001(u) {“Definitions: Tobacco product”}, is prohibited in neighborhood commercial establishments.

(j)

  (1) Where the right-of-way is 10 feet or greater, outdoor dining may:

    (i) be on the street side of the property;

    (ii) be on the interior of the property; and

    (iii) be in the rear yard of the property.

  (2) No deck used for outdoor dining shall be constructed in the 10 foot right-of-way described under this section.

*History: Ord. 16-581*

*History: Ord. 18-171*

*History: Ord. 18-216*

*History: Ord. 20-360*

*History: Ord. 20-370*

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