Boitnott v. Mayor of Baltimore

BELL, Chief Judge.

The issue presented for the Court’s consideration is the validity of Baltimore City Ordinance 97-231, amending Inner Harbor East’s urban renewal plan. We shall hold that the ordinance is valid.

I

On November 19, 1971, by Ordinance 71-1188, the City of Baltimore (“City”), through the Mayor and City Council, designated Inner Harbor East, a 20 acre tract south of Little Italy and lying between Fells Point and the Inner Harbor, as an urban renewal area, for which it approved an urban renewal plan. 1

Among the objectives of the plan were the elimination of unhealthy conditions and…