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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="10-305" title_number="10" title_name="Baltimore City Zoning" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Designation and Adoption">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City shall refer proposed changes to the boundaries of a district or zone to the Baltimore City Planning Commission and to the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Planning Commission and the Board shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>study the proposed changes in relation to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the plan;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the needs of Baltimore City; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the needs of the particular neighborhood in the vicinity of the proposed changes; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>report their findings and recommendations to the Mayor and City Council.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the Planning Commission and the Board recommend disapproval of the proposed changes to the boundaries of a district or zone, the changes may not take effect unless a majority of the members of the City Council vote to approve the changes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The provisions of § 10–303 of this subtitle concerning public hearings and notice apply to all changes or amendments to regulations and boundaries.</text>
  </level>
</section>
